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The following titles represent the contents of the most recent issue (Volume 40, issue 1, 2014) of Aquatic Mammals. The online issue is now available. Volume 40 represents the 40th anniversary for Aquatic Mammals!
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Dudzinski, K.M., Thomas, J.A., Nachtigall, P.E., Manton, V. 2014. Letters from the Editors. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 1-4. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.1

 

Research Articles

Peijun Zhang, P., Jiabo Han, J., Zhichuang Lu, Z., and Rujun Chen, R. 2014. Molecular Evidence of a Captive-Born Intergeneric Hybridization Between Bottlenose and Risso’s Dolphins: Tursiops truncatus x Grampus griseus. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 5-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.5

Higdon, J.W., Ferguson, S.H. 2014. Inuit Recollections of a 1950s Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Ice Entrapment in Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 9-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.9

Lowry, M.S., Condit, R., Hatfield, B., Allen, S.G., Berger, R., Morris, P.A., et al. 2014. Abundance, Distribution, and Population Growth of the Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) in the United States from 1991 to 2010. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 20-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.20

Smultea, M.A., Thomas A. Jefferson, T.A. 2014. Changes in Relative Occurrence of Cetaceans in the Southern California Bight: A Comparison of Recent Aerial Survey Results with Historical Data Sources. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 32-43. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.32

Zoidis, A.M., Lomac-MacNair, K.S., Chomos-Betz, A.E., Day, A.J., McFarland, A.S. 2014. Effects of Sex, Seasonal Period, and Sea State on Calf Behavior in Hawaiian Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 44-58. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.44

Carlini, R., de Francesco, M.C., Della Libera, S. 2014. Biometric Measures Indicating Sexual Dimorphism in Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) (Delphinidae) in the North-Central Tyrrhenian Sea. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 59-68. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.59

Kleen, J.M., Breland, A.D. 2014. Increases in Seasonal Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Abundance Within Citrus County, Florida. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 69-80. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.69

Kovacs, C., Cox, T. 2014. Quantification of Interactions Between Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and a Commercial Shrimp Trawler near Savannah, Georgia. Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 81-94. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.81


Short Note

Mercado, III, E. 2014. Tubercles: What Sense Is There? Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 95-103. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.95

 

Historical Perspectives

Pryor, K. 2015. Historical Perspectives: A Dolphin Journey Aquatic Mammals 40(1): 104-115. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.40.1.2014.104