Virtual Issue - Marine Mammal Conservation ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291469-1795/homepage/... ) Inspired by the 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals held in Florida, this Virtual Issue of *Animal Conservation* is a selection of papers published in the journal on marine mammal conservation, covering a wide range of topics such as marine mammal ecology, genetics, behaviour, disease, and illegal exploitation. This Virtual Issue’s papers are now freely available to download.* * *L*<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00445.x/full>ong-term patterns in harbour seal site-use and the consequences for managing protected areas<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00445.x/full> *L. S. Cordes, C. D. Duck, B. L. Mackey, A. J. Hall, P. M. Thompson* Genetic status of an endemic marine mammal, the Australian fur seal, following historical harvesting<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00325.x/full> *M. L. Lancaster, J. P. Y. Arnould, R. Kirkwood* Animal behaviour and marine protected areas: incorporating behavioural data into the selection of marine protected areas for an endangered killer whale population<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00321.x/abstract> *E. Ashe, D. P. Noren, R. Williams* <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00326.x/full> A novel non-invasive tool for disease surveillance of free-ranging whales and its relevance to conservation programs<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00326.x/full> *K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, A. Rocha-Gosselin, D. Gendron* High proportion of protected minke whales sold on Japanese markets is due to illegal, unreported or unregulated exploitation<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00302.x/full> *V. Lukoschek, N. Funahashi, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, F. Cipriano, C. S. Baker* Coastal–marine discontinuities, critical patch size and isolation: implications for marine otter conservation<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00151.x/full> *G. Medina-Vogel, L. O. Merino, R. Monsalve Alarcón, J. de A. Vianna* Is attempting to change marine mammal behaviour a generic solution to the bycatch problem? A dugong case study<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00104.x/full> *A. J. Hodgson, H. Marsh, S. Delean, L. Marcus* Assessing the potential impact of salmon fisheries management on the conservation status of harbour seals *(Phoca vitulina)* in north-east Scotland<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00066.x/full> *P. M. Thompson, B. Mackey, T. R. Barton, C. Duck, J. R. A. Butler* Incomplete reporting of whale, dolphin and porpoise ‘bycatch’ revealed by molecular monitoring of Korean markets<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00062.x/full> *C. S. Baker, V. Lukoschek, S. Lavery, M. L. Dalebout, M. Yong-un, T. Endo, N. Funahashi* Considering the temporal when managing the spatial: a population range expansion impacts protected areas-based management for bottlenose dolphins<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943004001581/abstract> *Ben Wilson, Robert J. Reid, Kate Grellier, Paul M. Thompson, Philip S. Hammond* Unsustainable harvest of dugongs in Torres Strait and Cape York (Australia) waters: two case studies using population viability analysis<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943004001593/abstract> *Robert Heinsohn, Robert C. Lacy, David B. Lindenmayer, Helene Marsh, Donna Kwan, Ivan R. Lawler* The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin *(Stenella coeruleoalba)*<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943004001325/abstract> *Elena Valsecchi, William Amos, Juan Antonio Raga, Michela Podestà, William Sherwin Article first pu* How many protected minke whales are sold in Japan and Korea? A census by microsatellite DNA profiling<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943002002202/abstract> *Merel L. Dalebout, Gina M. Lento, Frank Cipriano, Naoko Funahashi, C. Scott Baker* Can comparing life histories help conserve carnivores?<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943002001014/abstract> *S. H. Ferguson, S. Larivière* Effect of anthropogenic low-frequency noise on the foraging ecology of Balaenoptera whales<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1017/S1367943001001020/abstract> *Donald A. Croll, Christopher W. Clark, John Calambokidis, William T. Ellison, Bernie R. Tershy*