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.
Long-term patterns in harbour seal site-use and the consequences for managing protected areas
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
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
E. Ashe, D. P. Noren, R. Williams
A novel non-invasive tool for disease surveillance of
free-ranging whales and its relevance to conservation
programs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Merel L. Dalebout, Gina M. Lento, Frank Cipriano, Naoko Funahashi, C. Scott Baker
Can comparing life histories help conserve carnivores?
S. H. Ferguson, S. Larivière