Dear Marmamers, On behalf of our Editorial Board, I would like to inform you that the issue of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (LAJAM 5:2) is now available. This issue includes the following articles: CONTENTS Seasonal use of Amazon floodplains by the tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais 1853), in central Amazon, Brazil ......................................................... 95-104 C. Faustino and V.M.F. da Silva Ecology of marine tucuxi, Sotalia guianensis, and bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in Baía Norte, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil ...........105-115 P.A.C. Flores and N.F. Fountoura Morphometric relationships of franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea), off Rio Grande do Sul coast, southern Brazil ...117-123 S.Botta, M.C.C. Muelbert and E.R. Secchi Genetic sex determination supports the Gulf of California as an important habitat for male and female sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) .............................................................125-128 N. Rubio-Cisneros, S.L. Mesnick, R. Vasquez-Juárez, J. Urban Ramirez, C.A.J. Godard, R. Payne and A.E. Dizon Cetacean occurrence in the Santa Marta region, Colombian Caribbean, 2004-2005 ..129-134 M.A. Pardo and D.M. Palacios Notes on the pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Venezuela, southeastern Caribbean ................................................................................135-139 L.A. Bermudez-Villapol, A.J. Sayegh, M.A. Estevez, M.S. Range, C. Rosso and N.I. Vera Predation by a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, Rafinesque, 1810, on a pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata, calf in Central Atlantic waters .. .141-144 M.S. Monteiro, T. Vaske Jr., T.M. Barbosa and M.D.O. Alves Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil . 145-148 L.R. de Oliveira, R. Machado, M.M. Alievi and N.L. Wurdig Any further information can be obtained from the editors (LAJAM@infolink.com.br). North American subscriptions for non-members of SOLAMAC (South American Society for Marine Mammals) can be facilitated by contacting Nélio Barros (nbarros@mote.org) at P.O. Box 36, Tillamook, OR 97141-0036 USA. Issues 1(1) and 2(1) are currently out of print. A very limited number of issues 2:2, 3:1 and 3:2 are still available. Best regards, Eduardo Secchi Editor-in-chief, LAJAM ************************************ Eduardo R. Secchi, Ph.D Professor Adjunto Laboratório de Tartarugas e Mamíferos Marinhos Departamento de Oceanografia Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG Cx.Postal 474 Rio Grande - RS, Brasil 96200-970 Fone: ++55-53-3233-6749 Fax: ++55-53-3233-6601 e.mail: edu.secchi@furg.br www.furg.br Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com