Dear colleagues, A special section "Seismic survey and western gray whales" in Endangered Species Research has just been completed with the publication online today of the last of six papers. Guest edited by Randall Reeves and Greg Donovan, this series of papers describes the monitoring and mitigation approach taken in protecting an endangered summer feeding population of gray whales off Sakhalin Island (Russia) during a seismic survey in 2010, and the results of various analyses performed on the acoustic, distribution and behavioural data collected. A summary page with an introduction by the guest editors and links to the individual papers can be found at the following URL: http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-specials/seismic-survey-and-western-... The papers and links are also listed at the bottom of this message. Kind regards, Roberto Roberto Racca, Ph.D. Chief Communications Officer JASCO Applied Sciences 2305–4464 Markham Street Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Canada T. +1.250.483.3300 ext. 2001 F. +1.250.483.3301 C. +1.250.881.4545 (global +44.793.762.7080) www.jasco.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Bröker K, Gailey G, Muir J, Racca R Monitoring and impact mitigation during a 4D seismic survey near a population of gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia ESR 28:187-208 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2015/28/n028p187.pdf Racca R, Austin M, Rutenko A, Bröker K Monitoring the gray whale sound exposure mitigation zone and estimating acoustic transmission during a 4-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia ESR 29:131-146 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2016/29/n029p131.pdf Muir JE, Joy R, Bychkov Y, Bröker K, Gailey G, Vladmirov V, Starodymov S, Yakovlev Y Delineation of a coastal gray whale feeding area using opportunistic and systematic survey effort ESR 29:147-160 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2016/29/n029p147.pdf Muir JE, Ainsworth L, Joy R, Racca R, Bychkov Y, Gailey G, Vladimirov V, Starodymov S, Bröker K Distance from shore as an indicator of disturbance of gray whales during a seismic survey off Sakhalin Island, Russia ESR 29:161-178 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2016/29/n029p161.pdf Muir JE, Ainsworth L, Racca R, Bychkov Y, Gailey G, Vladimirov V, Starodymov S, Bröker K Gray whale densities during a seismic survey off Sakhalin Island, Russia ESR 29:211-227 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2016/29/n029p211.pdf Gailey G, Sychenko O, McDonald T, Racca R, Rutenko A, Bröker K Behavioural responses of western gray whales to a 4-D seismic survey off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia ESR 30:53-71 http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2016/30/n030p053.pdf