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.
 
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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
 
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