THE AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY/LOS ANGELES CHAPTER INVITES ALL MEMBERS AND WELCOMES THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THIS MONTH’S MEETING ON TUES., NOVEMBER 26, 2002 AT 7:30 P.M. AT THE CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM:

"Cetacean Domoic Acid Event of 2002" by Michelle Berman Earlier this year, biologists noticed an unusually high number of long-beaked common dolphin strandings along the Southern California coast. Other species like California sea lions, brown pelicans and even whales were also affected. Researchers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History investigated the event and concluded that it was a case of domoic acid poisoning. Our speaker will talk about this regularly occurring phenomenon and how it affects the local marine environment. Michelle Berman is the Assistant Curator of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. She has a BS from Colorado State a MS from the University of Central Florida. She worked with both the California and Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Networks previously and now is back with the CMMSN through the museum. In addition to coordinating the marine mammal stranding response at the museum, she curates regional mammals, marine mammals and herps. The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive in San Pedro. ACS/LA general meetings are free and are held on the last Tuesday of the month. For an update on the speaker or information about ACS/LA, call (310) 548-8500, or visit our website at www.acs-la.org Come and meet our speaker in the relaxed surroundings of the Baja Cabana restaurant at our no-host dinner before the meeting. Dinner is at 6 p.m., at 1622 S. Gaffey St. (at 17th St.) in San Pedro. (310) 833-9765. UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, January 28, 2003 John Olguin "ACS: Making a Difference for 35 Years" (310) 548-8500