Dear MARMAM and ECS-talk subscribers, Apologies to those of you who will receive duplicate emails due to cross-posting. The following titles represent the contents of the most recent issue (Volume 37, issue 3, 2011) of Aquatic Mammals. The online issue is now available. For individuals with a print subscription, the joint hard copy of 37.3/37.4 will be mailed in early December. This issue is a special one dedicated to monk seals. We hope you enjoy the collection of information on Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals. Special thanks to Alex Karamanlidis and David Schofield for their effort as Special Editors for this issue. Aquatic Mammals is the longest running peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on aquatic mammals and is published quarterly with manuscripts available as published PDFs in real time. 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With regards, Kathleen Dudzinski, Ph.D. Editor, Aquatic Mammals aquaticmammals@gmail.com ******************* Karamanlidis, A.A., Schofield, T.D. 2011. Foreword. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 225-226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.225 Schultz, J.K. 2011. Population Genetics of the Monk Seals (Genus Monachus): A Review. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 227-235,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.227 Mo, G. 2011. Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Sightings in Italy (1998-2010) and Implications for Conservation. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 236-240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.236 Scheinin, A.P., Goffman, O., Elasar, M., Perelberg, A. & Kerem, D.H. 2011. Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Resighted Along the Israeli Coastline After More than Half a Century. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 241-242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.241 Gomerčić, T., Huber, D., Gomerčić, M.D. & Gomerčić., H. 2011. Presence of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in the Croatian Part of the Adriatic Sea. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 243-248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.243 Mo, G., Bazairi, H., Bayed, A. & Agnesi, S. 2011. Survey on Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Sightings in Mediterranean Morocco. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 248-255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.248 Adamantopoulou, S., Androukaki, E., Dendrinos, P., Kotomatas, S., Paravas, V., Psaradellis, M., Tounta, E. & Karamanlidis, A. A. 2011. Movements of Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 256-261,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.256 Muñoz, G., Karamanlidis, A.A., Dendrinos, P. & Thomas, J.A. 2011. Aerial Vocalizations by Wild and Rehabilitating Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus) in Greece Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 262-279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.262 Karamanlidis, A.A., Kallianiotis, A., Psaradellis, M. & Adamantopoulou, S. 2011. Stomach Contents of a Subadult Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) from the Aegean Sea Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 280-283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.280 Pierce, G.J., Hernandez-Milian, G., Santos, M.B., Psaradellis, M., Tounta, E., Androukaki, E. & Edridge, A. 2011. Diet of the Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in Greek Waters. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 284-297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.284 Hale, R., Pires, R., Santos, P. & Karamanlidis, A.A. 2011. Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): Fishery Interactions in the Archipelago of Madeira.Aquatic Mammals 27 (3), 298-304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.298 Trivourea, M.N., Karamanlidis, A.A., Tounta, E., Dendrinos, P. & Kotomatas, S. 2011. People and the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): A Study of the Socioeconomic Impacts of the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades, Greece Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 305-318,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.305 Brown, E., Hughes, G., Watanuki, R., Johanos, T.C. & Wurth, T.. 2011 The Emergence of an Important Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Pupping Area at Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i, in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 319-325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.319 Gilmartin, W.G., Johanos, T.C., DeMaster, D.R. & Henderson, J.R. 2011. Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi) at Kure Atoll: Some Life History Effects Following Effort to Enhance Pup Survival. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 326-331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.326 Gilmartin, W.G., Sloan, A.C., Harting, A.L., Johanos, T.C., Baker, J.D., Breese, M. & Ragen, T.J. 2011. Rehabilitation and Relocation of Young Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 332-341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.332 Norris, T.A., Littnan, C.L. & Gulland, F.M.D. 2011. Evaluation of the Captive Care and Post-Release Behavior and Survival of Seven Juvenile Female Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 342-353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.342 Schofield, T.D., Levine, G., Gulland, F.M.D., Littnan, C.L. & Colitz, C.M.H. 2011. The First Successful Hand-Rearing of a Neonate Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and Post-Release Management Challenges. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 354-359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.354 Curtice, C., Schick, R.S., Dunn, D.C. & Halpin, P.N. 2011. Home Range Analysis of Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi) Based on Colony, Age, and Sex. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 360-371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.360 Williams, T.M., Richter, B., Kendall, T. & Dunkin, R. 2011. Metabolic Demands of a Tropical Marine Carnivore, the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi): Implications for Fisheries Competition. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 372-376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.372 Kissel, L.N., Bankowski, M.J., Koyamatsu, T.L.S., Nagai, R.Y., Seifried, S.E. & Crow, G.L. 2011. Aerobic Microorganisms Identified Over a Fourteen-Month Period from the Upper Respiratory Tract of Captive Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 377-385,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.377 Watson, T.K., Kittinger, J.N., Walters, J.S. & Schofield, T.D. 2011. Culture, Conservation, and Conflict: Assessing the Human Dimensions of Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 386-396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.386 Lowry, L.F., Laist, D.W., Gilmartin, W.G. & Antonelis, G.A. 2011. Recovery of the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi): A Review of Conservation Efforts, 1972 to 2010, and Thoughts for the Future. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 397-419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.397 Historical Perspectives Essay Holt, S. 2011. Science, Politics, and Economics in the International Whaling Commission. Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 420-430,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.420 Book Review Lowry, L.F. 2011. Caribbean Monk Seals: Lost Seals of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. J. Hairr, Aquatic Mammals 27(3), 431,http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.3.431 ***********************