Dear All

As Editor in Chief of Endangered Species Research, it is a pleasure to see how a growing number in the community of marine mammal researchers has adopted the journal.

We have many more forthcoming in the new year but to close 2007,  the following have been published Open Access:

Michaud J, Taggart CT
Lipid and gross energy content of North Atlantic right whale food,Calanus finmarchicus, in the Bay of Fundy
ESR 3:77-94 | Full text in pdf format

Slooten E
Conservation management in the face of uncertainty: effectiveness of four options for managing Hector’s dolphin bycatch
ESR 3:169-179 | Full text in pdf format

Johnston DW, Chapla ME, Williams LE, Mattila DK
Identification of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae wintering habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands using spatial habitat modeling
ESR 3:249-257 | Full text in pdf format

Calleson CS, Kipp Frohlich R
REVIEW: Slower boat speeds reduce risks to manatees
ESR 3:295-304 | Full text in pdf format

Middleton DAJ, Starr PJ, Gilbert DJ
COMMENT: Modelling the impact of fisheries bycatch on Hector’s dolphin: comment on Slooten (2007)
ESR 3:331-334 | Full text in pdf format

Slooten E
REPLY COMMENT: Criticism is unfounded: reply to Middleton et al. (2007)
ESR 3:335-339 | Full text in pdf format

With kind regards and all the best for 2008!

Brendan

Dr. Brendan J. Godley
Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology
Centre for Ecology & Conservation
School of Biosciences
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
TR10 9EZ, UK

Tel: +44 1326 371 861

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