The following titles represent the contents of the most recent issue (Volume 41, issue 4, 2015) of Aquatic Mammals. The online issue is now available at this link: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=61&Itemid=157

Issue 41.4 is a special issue associated with the ESOMM-2014 international meeting held in September 2014, in Amsterdam. This issue is the largest ever for Aquatic Mammals at 176 pages! This special issue contains articles on topics related to the effects of sound in the ocean on marine mammals (ESOMM), especially behavioral responses of marine mammals to sonar and other underwater noise sources and noise management. We are also pleased to be able to include an Historical Perspectives article by Dr. Walter Munk.

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Lam, F-P.A., Kvadsheim, P.H. 2015. Introduction: Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 355-356. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.355

Leaper, R., Calderan, S., and Cooke, J. 2015. A Simulation Framework to Evaluate the Efficiency of Using Visual Observers to Reduce the Risk of Injury from Loud Sound Sources. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 375-387. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.375

Kastelein, R.A., Helder-Hoek, L., Janssens, G., Gransier, R., and Johansson, T. 2015. Behavioral Responses of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) to Sonar Signals in the 25-kHz Range. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 388-399. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.388

Kastelein, R.A., van den Belt, I., Gransier, R., and Johansson, T. 2015. Behavioral Responses of a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to 25.5- to 24.5-kHz Sonar Down-Sweeps With and Without Side Bands. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 400-411. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.400

Dunlop, R.A., Noad, M.J., McCauley, R.D., Kniest, E., Paton, D., and Cato, D.H. 2015. The Behavioural Response of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a 20 Cubic Inch Air Gun. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 412-433. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.412

Miksis-Olds, J.L., Vernon, J.A., and Heaney, K.D. 2015. The Impact of Ocean Sound Dynamics on Estimates of Signal Detection Range. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 444-454. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.444

Paiva, E.G., Salgado K., Chandra P., Gagnon, M.M., McCauley, R., and Finn, H. 2015. Reduced Detection of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in an Inner Harbour Channel During Pile Driving Activities. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 455-468. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.455

Sivle, Lise D., Kvadsheim, Petter H., Curé, Charlotte, Isojunno, Saana, Wensveen, Paul J., Lam, Frans-Peter A., Visser, Fleur, Kleivane, Lars, Tyack, Peter L., Harris, Catriona M., and Miller, Patrick J. O. 2015. Severity of Expert-Identified Behavioural Responses of Humpback Whale, Mike Whale, and Northern Bottlenose Whale to Naval Sonar. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 469-502. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.469

von Benda-Beckmann, A.M., Aarts, G., Sertlek, H. Ö., Lucke, K., Verboom, W.C., Kastelein, R.A., Ketten, D.R., van Bemmelen, R., Lam, F-P.A., Kirkwood, R.J., and Ainsle, M.A. 2015. Assessing the Impact of Underwater Clearance of Unexploded Ordnance on Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Southern North Sea. Aquatic Mammals 41(4), 503-523. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.503

Munk, W. 2015. Historical Perspectives: Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Warming: The Very First Encounters with Concern About Marine Mammals and Sound: A Brief Personal Historical Narrative. Aquatic Mammals 41(1), 524-528. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.4.2015.524