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The following titles represent the contents of the most recent issue (Volume 40, issue 4, 2014) of Aquatic Mammals. The online issue is now available at this link: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=57&Itemid=157. Volume 40 represents the 40th anniversary for Aquatic Mammals!

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Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Jaap Steenbergen, Andrea Gröne, Sjoukje Hiemstra, Marja J. L. Kik, and Lineke Begeman. 2014. Short Note: Apparent Emergence of Bow-Caught Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Found in the Netherlands. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 317-320. 

Ophélie Sagnol and Femke Reitsma. 2014. A Spatio-Temporal Model to Track Individuals from a Shore-Based Station: A Case Study for Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Off Kaikoura, New Zealand. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 321-328.

Fernando Félix and Héctor M. Guzmán. 2014. Satellite Tracking and Sighting Data Analyses of Southeast Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): Is the Migratory Route Coastal or Oceanic? Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 329-340.

Wu Fuxing, Wang Xianyan, Ding Xiaohui, Miao Xing, and Zhu Qian. 2014. Distribution Pattern of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) along Coastal Waters of Fujian Province, China. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 341-349. 

Elizabeth M. George and Michael Noonan. 2014. Respiration Rates in Captive Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas): Effects of Season, Sex, Age, and Body Size.Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 350-356. 

Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, Silvia A. Arroyo-Salazar, Reyna X. García-Valencia, Ariadna E. Juárez-Ruiz, Norma A. Figueroa-Soltero, et al. 2014. Short Note: Foraging Behavior of the Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) in Coastal Waters of the Mexican Central Pacific. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 357-363. 

Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, Matthew J. Tennis, and Robin F. Brown. 2014. Short Note: Unprecedented Resighting in Mexico of a Male California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) from Oregon During the 2014 Breeding Season. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 364-367.

Lauren E. Dares, Jordan M. Hoffman, Shih Chu Yang, and John Y. Wang. 2014. Short Note: Habitat Characteristics of the Critically Endangered Taiwanese Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) of the Eastern Taiwan Strait. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 368-374. 

Eduardo Morteo, Axayácatl Rocha-Olivares, and Luis G. Abarca-Arenas. 2014. Sexual Segregation of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 375-385. 

Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, and Manuel H. Vargas-Bravo. 2014. Insights into the Feeding Habits of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in the Mexican Central Pacific. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 386-393. 

Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Andrea Gröne, Sjoukje Hiemstra, Jeroen Hoekendijk, and Lineke Begeman . 2014. Short Note: A Record of Twin Fetuses in a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Stranded on the Dutch Coast. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 394-397.

Ranil P. Nanayakkara, Tharaka Kusuminda, and Thomas A. Jefferson. 2014. Can the Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin (Sousa plumbea) Survive in Sri Lanka? Occurrence of a Relict Population in Puttalam Lagoon. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 398-406. 

Ewa I. Borowska, Zuzanna Nowak, Cornelis van Elk, and Magnus Wahlberg. 2014. Short Note: Determining Genotypes from Blowhole Exhalation Samples of Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 407-411. 

Teresa M. Garcia, Todd L. Green, Michael A. De Miranda, Jr., Linnea E. Pearson, Lauren M. Cuevas, Ashley M. Larson et al. 2014. Consideration of Diet Was Necessary for the Successful Isolation and Culture of Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) Myoblasts. Aquatic Mammals 40(4): 412-422.