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 44, issue 5, 2018) of Aquatic Mammals. 
 
Please note that this issue features a tribute to Dr. Jeanette Thomas, 4th managing editor of Aquatic Mammals. Please also visit the supplemental materials page of the web site to see two videos of Jeanette from the journal’s Historical Perspectives series. 
 
Links to a purchase page for each article are included below. 
For individuals with a print subscription, the double print copy of 44.5/44.6 will be mailed in November.
 
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. 
Further information about the journal can be found at: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/ 
 
To submit a manuscript for publication consideration, please visit: http://am.expressacademic.org/actions/author.php
  
Thank you for your continued interest in the journal and abstract postings.
With regards,
Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.
Editor, Aquatic Mammals Journal
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Robert M. Timm et al. (2018). In Memoriam: Jeanette A. Thomas Followed by Memories from Jeanette’s Family and Colleagues. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 459-468. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.459

Maria E. Rechimont, Ana L. Lara-Domínguez, Eduardo Morteo, Ibiza Martínez-Serrano, and Miguel Equihua. (2018). Depredation by Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico in Relation to Fishing Techniques. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 469-481. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.469

Jennifer E. Flower, Jennifer N. Langan, Benjamin N. Nevitt, Sathya K. Chinnadurai, Rita Stacey, Marina Ivančić, and Michael J. Adkesson. (2018). Neonatal Critical Care and Hand-Rearing of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Calf. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 482-490. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.482

Mark A. Grace, Laura Aichinger Dias, Katherine Maze-Foley, Carrie Sinclair, Keith D. Mullin, Lance Garrison, and Lauren Noble. (2018). Cookiecutter Shark Bite Wounds on Cetaceans of the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 491-499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.491

Lauren Mazikowski, Heather M. Hill, and Michael Noonan. (2018). Young Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) Exhibit Sex-Specific Social AffiliationsAquatic Mammals, 44(5), 500-505. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.500

Raphaela Stimmelmayr and Douglas Borchman. (2018). Lens Lipidomes Among Phocidae and Odobenidae. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 506-518. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.506

Manuela Zadravec, Zvonimir Kozarić, Snježana Kužir, Mario Mitak, Tomislav Gomerčić, Miroslav Benić, and Martina Đuras. (2018). Whale Poaching Detection Based on Microscopic Characteristics of Bottlenose Dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) Bone Fragments. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 519-528. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.519

Giacomo Franci and Annalisa Berta. (2018). Relative Growth of the Skull of the Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Using a 3D Laser Surface Scanner. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 529-537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.529

Yuka Mishima, Tadamichi Morisaka, Yuki Mishima, Tadashi Sunada, and Yoshinori Miyamoto. (2018). Redefinition and Sexual Difference of Contact Calls in Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 538-554. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.538

Eric E. Pulis, Randall S. Wells, Gregory S. Schorr, David C. Douglas, Mystera M. Samuelson, and Moby Solangi. (2018). Movements and Dive Patterns of Pygmy Killer Whales (Feresa attenuata) Released in the Gulf of Mexico Following Rehabilitation. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 555-567. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.555

Marie Christine M. Obusan, Lemnuel V. Aragones, Windell L. Rivera, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan. (2018). Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Cetaceans Stranded in the Philippines. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 568-579. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.568

James P. Estes. (2018). Historical Perspectives: The History and Future of Marine Mammal Ecology. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 580-594. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.580

Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara. (2018). Book Review: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Aquatic Mammals, 44(5), 595-596DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.5.2018.595