Note: only major changes will be listed here. News items and links will be updated regularly without further notification. The modification dates on the pages will be updated to indicate when changes have been made.

Changes uploaded on February 7th, 2002:

• Added the latest news on Flipper
• Updated the News Items section
• Correct a number of stale links

Changes uploaded on May 22nd, 2001:

• The sites at compuserve.com and rosmarus.com are now diverging.
• The following changes have been made at the rosmarus site (available through this site)
  • Made text version and web-enabled version of the current alt.animals.dolphins FAQ availabled
  • Added overview page of information in Dutch
  • Added Dutch version of the alt.animals.dolphins FAQ
  • Added Dutch version of Dolphin Basics page

Changes uploaded on December 10th, 2000:

• Added species names in Portugese
• Changed text color in menu frames

Changes uploaded on November 27th, 2000:

• Added species names in French, Italian and Spanish
• Updated taxonomy based on D.W.Rice (1998)
• Several adjustments to the links pages

Changes made on June 14th, 2000:

• Adjusted some links
• Added some news items
• Changed e-mail address to jaap@rosmarus.com

Changes made on May 27th, 2000:

• Added species names in German

Changes made in September 1999:

• User now has option to use menu in frame on top or on the left, or work frameless
• Menu frames are now dynamic to make navigating the species lists and links lists easier
• Updated color scheme of tables
• Updated general layout of specific page sections (headers, menus and links to previous or related pages).
• Removed JavaScript indication of modification date and replaced it with fixed text, since not all servers and browsers return modification date correctly.
• Verified all links.
• Added English text of the "Working with dolphins" paper
• Updated taxonomic data for several pinniped species to include changed species status, according to Dale Rice's Marine Mammals of the World (Society for Marine Mammalogy, 1998)
• Reduced size of species list pages by creating subpages, to reduce loading time.
• Compacted some online papers to make navigating them easier
• Changed mailto references back to jaap@compuserve.com (since CompuServe will fade out the csi domain in two years)
• Added list of recommended links to Marine Mammal Links page and order links alphabetically to prevent arbitrary classification of linked sites.
• Updated ASR calculation for Särkänniemi dolphins in Survival rate paper to include all data up to September 27th, 1999
• Updated marine mammal news page
• Combined EAAM Newsletter articles into one updated online paper on Cetacean releases
• Removed puffins photo feature and reduced other features to make room for information
• Added Survival rate toolkit (a set of tools for survival rate related calculations) to the Survival rate paper.

Changes made on January 18, 1999:

• Added some links
• Added Author META tag to all pages
• Changed mailto references to jaap@csi.com

Changes made on October 24, 1998:

• Added 3 full papers online:
  • An experiment in two-way communication in Orcinus orca L. (1982)
  • A biological approach to dolphinarium purification: I. Theoretical aspects. (1987)
  • A biological approach to dolphinarium water purification: II. A practical application: The Delfinaario in Tampere, Finland. (1988)
• Moved the survival rate paper to its own directory and divided it up in smaller pieces. Included navigation bar and list similar to the three new papers.
• Condensed the Iceland photo features somewhat to make room for new additions.
• Added Australian sea lion photo feature

Changes made on September 9, 1998:

• Made separate directories for images, features,artwork, etc.
• Converted most .GIF images to more compressed .JPG images to save disk space.
• Brought back some earlier photo features, since enough space is now available.
• Added 3 new features of pictures taken in Iceland (harbor seals, humpback whale and puffins).
• Added link to BBC Web Guide, since these pages are now included in this guide.

Changes made on June 22, 1998:

• Purified HTML code, using CSE 3310 HTML Validator
• Replaced form by set of buttons in navigator frame.
• Updated resumé
• Added link to my photo feature Marine mammals of Australia, which is now hosted on the Australian Cyber School site
• Replaced arrow icons with dolphin images, courtesy of Royce B. McClure.
• Replaced listing of marine mammal news items with links to sites with relevant news.
• Updated link pages
• Added section on skeleton to Dolphin Basics page
• Added skeleton pictures on Cetacea page and moved taxonomy section up

Changes made on September 21, 1997:

• Modified Java Script that displays modification date to hide display if the year is 70 since that indicates the browser uses a cached copy of the pages which has no modification date set.

Changes made on September 18, 1997:

• Added possibility to disable frames on main page because in some resolutions the index frame is not completely visible, which makes it hard to escape from the frames, if desired.

Changes made on September 14, 1997:

• Removed some stale links
• The links pages now display in a new window when opened from the home page or the index frame, since some linked pages did not display well in frames
• Added section on whale classification on the whale and dolphin page

Changes made on September 11, 1997:

• Restructured main pages
• Created Online Papers page
• Created Photo Features page
• Removed the older photo feature due to space constraints
• Added Cetacean releases (3)
• Updated Publications page and Profile page
• Added NedStat counter (see NedStat Home Page for more information about this Dutch service)
• Restructured Cetacean species overview. Added names in Dutch and Scandinavian languages. Made separate pages for the Baleen whale and the Toothed whale lists.
• Added species descriptions for a number of whale and dolphin species
• Restructured Pinniped species overview. Added names in Dutch and Scandinavian languages Made separate pages for Sea lions and fur seals, True seals and Walruses
• Added species descriptions of additional pinniped species
• Updated News Items (added some, removed dead links).
• Updated FAQ reference to point to the new location in the official FAQ archives
• Added some basic, illustrated, dolphin information

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