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    Marine Mammal Science: Volume 31, Issue 2

    i-iii, 405-838
    April 2015
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  • Pages: i-iii
  • First Published: 21 April 2015

ARTICLES

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Rapid recovery of Dutch gray seal colonies fueled by immigration

Sophie M. J. M. Brasseur,  Tamara D. van Polanen Petel,  Tim Gerrodette,  Erik H.W.G. Meesters,  Peter J. H. Reijnders,  Geert Aarts, 
  • Pages: 405-426
  • First Published: 02 September 2014
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Variation in behavioral responses of the South American sea lion to tourism disturbance: Implications for tourism management

Guido Pavez,  Lily Muñoz,  Fernanda Barilari,  Maritza Sepúlveda, 
  • Pages: 427-439
  • First Published: 01 September 2014
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Seasonal occurrence of southeast Pacific blue whale songs in southern Chile and the eastern tropical Pacific

Susannah J. Buchan,  Kathleen M. Stafford,  Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, 
  • Pages: 440-458
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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Kinematics of terrestrial locomotion in harbor seals and gray seals: Importance of spinal flexion by amphibious phocids

Jennifer N. Garrett,  Frank E. Fish, 
  • Pages: 459-478
  • First Published: 30 September 2014
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Mating ecology of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhal (Monodon monoceros) as estimated by reproductive tract metrics

Trish C. Kelley,  Robert E. A. Stewart,  David J. Yurkowski,  Anna Ryan,  Steven H. Ferguson, 
  • Pages: 479-500
  • First Published: 18 September 2014
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The effects of vessel approaches on the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Mary Cowling,  Roger Kirkwood,  Laura Boren,  Duncan Sutherland,  Carol Scarpaci, 
  • Pages: 501-519
  • First Published: 30 September 2014
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Tag retention, wound healing, and subsequent reproductive history of southern right whales following satellite-tagging

Peter B. Best,  Bruce Mate,  Barbara Lagerquist, 
  • Pages: 520-539
  • First Published: 22 September 2014
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High calf mortality in bottlenose dolphins in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand–a local unit in decline

Gabriela Tezanos-Pinto,  Rochelle Constantine,  Fabiana Mourão,  Joanne Berghan,  C. Scott Baker, 
  • Pages: 540-559
  • First Published: 13 October 2014

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Threshold foraging by gray whales in response to fine scale variations in mysid density

Laura J. Feyrer,  David A. Duffus, 
  • Pages: 560-578
  • First Published: 16 October 2014
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False killer whales and fisheries interactions in Hawaiian waters: Evidence for sex bias and variation among populations and social groups

Robin W. Baird,  Sabre D. Mahaffy,  Antoinette M. Gorgone,  Tori Cullins,  Dan J. McSweeney,  Erin M. Oleson,  Amanda L. Bradford,  Jay Barlow,  Daniel L. Webster, 
  • Pages: 579-590
  • First Published: 19 October 2014
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Development of predictive models for determining fetal age-at-length in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and their application toward in situ and ex situ population management

Todd R. Robeck,  Todd L. Schmitt,  Steve Osborn, 
  • Pages: 591-611
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Yangtze finless porpoises along the main channel of Poyang Lake, China: Implications for conservation

Lijun Dong,  Ding Wang,  Kexiong Wang,  Songhai li,  Zhigang Mei,  Shiyong Wang,  Tomonari Akamatsu,  Satoko Kimura, 
  • Pages: 612-628
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia

Robert L. Pitman,  John A. Totterdell,  Holly Fearnbach,  Lisa T. Ballance,  John W. Durban,  Hans Kemps, 
  • Pages: 629-657
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Identifying a reliable blubber measurement site to assess body condition in a marine mammal with topographically variable blubber, the Pacific walrus

Shawn R. Noren,  Mark S. Udevitz,  Lisa Triggs,  Jessa Paschke,  Lisa Oland,  Chadwick V. Jay, 
  • Pages: 658-676
  • First Published: 03 December 2014
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Immature euphausiids do not appear to be prey for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) during spring and summer in Southeast Alaska

Andrew Szabo, 
  • Pages: 677-687
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Geographic variation in the time-frequency characteristics of high-frequency whistles produced by killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Filipa I. P. Samarra,  Volker B. Deecke,  Anne E. Simonis,  Patrick J. O. Miller, 
  • Pages: 688-706
  • First Published: 11 December 2014
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Population status and habitat occupancy of endangered river dolphins in the Karnali River system of Nepal during low water season

Shambhu Paudel,  Yajna Prasad Timilsina,  Jennifer Lewis,  Tom Ingersoll,  Shant Raj Jnawali, 
  • Pages: 707-719
  • First Published: 04 December 2014

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Sulfur isotopes show importance of freshwater primary production for Florida manatees

Stephen E. MacAvoy,  Vince Bacalan,  Mary Kazantseva,  Jon Rhodes,  Kiho Kim, 
  • Pages: 720-725
  • First Published: 02 September 2014
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Observed reactions of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at the National Aquarium during the 2011 Virginia earthquake

Mark R. Turner,  Cynthia Turner,  Sue Hunter,  Michelle Day, 
  • Pages: 726-733
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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Sexual dimorphism and morphometric relationships in pelvic bones of Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus c. commersonii) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Iris Cáceres-Saez,  Natalia A. Dellabianca,  Lida E. Pimper,  Federico Pereyra-Bonnet,  Guillermo Hernán Cassini,  R. Natalie P. Goodall, 
  • Pages: 734-747
  • First Published: 01 October 2014
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Observations of antipredator tactics among pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) attacked by smooth hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna zygaena)

Federico Sucunza,  Eliza Doria,  Luiz C. P. de S. Alves,  Jonatas H. F. do Prado,  Emanuel Ferreira,  Artur Andriolo,  Daniel Danilewicz, 
  • Pages: 748-755
  • First Published: 22 September 2014
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Do larger tag packages alter diving behavior in harbor porpoises?

Alba Solsona Berga,  Andrew J. Wright,  Anders Galatius,  Signe Sveegaard,  Jonas Teilmann, 
  • Pages: 756-763
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Isolation of progenitor cells from the blubber of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in order to obtain an in vitro adipocyte model—preliminary results

Caroline Louis,  Michael S. Tift,  Daniel E. Crocker,  David Alexander,  Donald R. Smith,  Cathy Debier, 
  • Pages: 764-773
  • First Published: 13 October 2014
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Two new theoretical roles of the laryngeal sac of humpback whales

Nadège Gandilhon,  Olivier Adam,  Dorian Cazau,  Jeffery T. Laitman,  Joy S. Reidenberg, 
  • Pages: 774-781
  • First Published: 01 December 2014
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Dedicated beach surveys along the central Washington coast reveal a high proportion of unreported marine mammal strandings

Jessica L. Huggins,  Josh Oliver,  Dyanna M. Lambourn,  John Calambokidis,  Bethany Diehl,  Steven Jeffries, 
  • Pages: 782-789
  • First Published: 27 November 2014
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Trophic niche overlap between sympatric resident and transient populations of bottlenose dolphins in the Humboldt Current System off north-central Chile

Macarena Santos-Carvallo,  María José Pérez-Alvarez,  Verónica Muniain,  Rodrigo Moraga,  Doris Oliva,  Maritza Sepúlveda, 
  • Pages: 790-799
  • First Published: 03 December 2014
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North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) recorded in the northeastern Pacific Ocean in 2013

Ana Širović,  Sarah C. Johnson,  Lauren K. Roche,  Leah M. Varga,  Sean M. Wiggins,  John A. Hildebrand, 
  • Pages: 800-807
  • First Published: 01 December 2014
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Evaluating the potential disturbance from dolphin watching in Lovina, north Bali, Indonesia

Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika,  Alastair Birtles,  Yvette Everingham,  Helene Marsh, 
  • Pages: 808-817
  • First Published: 01 December 2014
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Brown adipose tissue expresses uncoupling protein 1 in newborn harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

Yuta Sakurai,  Yuko Okamatsu-Ogura,  Masayuki Saito,  Kazuhiro Kimura,  Ryo Nakao,  Aiko Ohnuma,  Mari Kobayashi, 
  • Pages: 818-827
  • First Published: 07 December 2014

BOOKS

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E. Robustus: The Biology and Human History of Gray Whales

David W. Weller, 
  • Pages: 828-829
  • First Published: 10 April 2015

LETTERS

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Scientific Correspondence: Long-nosed fur seal: A new vernacular name for the fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, in Australia

Peter D. Shaughnessy,  Simon D. Goldsworthy, 
  • Pages: 830-832
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Scientific Correspondence: Comments on Sousa nomenclture: A response to Jefferson and Rosenbaum

Carl Chr. Kinze, 
  • Pages: 833-836
  • First Published: 21 April 2015
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Scientific Correspondence: A reply to “Comments on Sousa nomenclture: A response to Jefferson and Rosenbaum”

Thomas A. Jefferson,  Howard C. Rosenbaum, 
  • Pages: 837-838
  • First Published: 21 April 2015