Dear MARMAM subscribers,

The 4th issue of volume 52 (52.4) of Aquatic Mammals journal is available online and will be published officially Wednesday, July 15th.

You will see the new issue on the home page of the journal web site (www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org).

Further information about the journal can be found at: http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/
To submit a manuscript for publication consideration, please visit: http://am.expressacademic.org/actions/author.php
 
With regards,
 
Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.
Editor, Aquatic Mammals Journal
business@aquaticmammalsjournal.org


Issue 52.4 contents (** denotes open access):

Alice Forrest, Vanessa Pirotta, and Ted Cheeseman. (2026). Use of Citizen Science, Social Media, and AI to Track White Whales in the Kingdom of Tonga and Australian Waters. Aquatic Mammals52(4),285-292.

 

Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Dona George, Harshali Patkar, Kanad Roy, Pranay Bhatnagar, Shovana Ray, Lallianpuii Kawlni, Vishnupriya Kolipkam, and Qamar Qureshi. (2026). Influence of Diel, Tidal, and Lunar Cycles on Acoustic Detections of Ganges River Dolphins in the Tidal Rupnarayan River of West Bengal, India. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 293-302.

 

**Haris Nicolaou, Melina Marcou, Kimon Koemtzopoulos, and Panagiotis Dendrinos. (2026). Restoration of a Marine Cave in Cyprus: Enhancing Breeding Habitats for the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus). Aquatic Mammals52(4), 303-307.

 

Patricia Z. R. Davis, Mishari Alghrair, Ricardo O. Ramalho, and Christopher N. S. Poonian. (2026). Environmental DNA as an Innovative Tool to Detect Elusive Dugong (Dugong dugon) Populations. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 308-313.

 

**Stephen D. McCulloch, Brian C. Balmer, Jill L. Griffin, Zoe M. Hernandez, and Holli C. Eskelinen. (2026). Three Decades of Cetacean Stranding Events in the Florida Keys (1990-2020): Long-Term Spatiotemporal Patterns, Data Limitations, and Implications for Future Predictive Modeling. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 314-328.
 
Leopoldo Hector Soibelzon and Alexandra Mary Claire Robbins. (2026). Direct Observation of a Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Preying on a Notothenid Fish in Shallow Coastal Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 329-333.

 

**Ronald A. Kastelein, Laura Van Acoleyen, Kimberly Tuytens, John M. Terhune, Alexander M. von Benda-Beckmann, and Erwin Jansen. (2026). Effect of Duty Cycle Composition of Intermittent Sound on Temporary Hearing Threshold Shift in a Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Aquatic Mammals52(4), 334-344.

 

**Frederick W. Wenzel, Kerstin Langenberger, and Pedro López-Suárez. (2026). Documenting Cow/Calf Humpback Whale Migration from Boa Vista, Cabo Verde, to Bear Island, Norway, in the Eastern North Atlantic. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 345-350.

 

Susana Caballero and Jeremy J. Kiszka. (2026). Genetic Diversity and Preliminary Phylogeographic Analysis of the Longman’s Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus) in the Western Tropical Indian Ocean. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 351-356.

 

Letter to Editor
**Kathleen Dezio. (2026). Letter to the Editor: 2026 AMMPA Annual Meeting Held May 5-7 in Hawaii. Aquatic Mammals52(4), 357-359.

 


Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.
Director, Dolphin Communication Project

kathleen@dcpmail.org
www.dolphincommunicationproject.org