Dear Marmamners, I would like to call your attention to the special issue on Fronts, fish, and predators, just published online in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. This is the first-ever special volume on fronts and biota, with an emphasis on higher trophic levels. The nine papers comprising this volume are presented trophically, covering fish larvae, bait fish, whales, squids, sablefish, tunas, and seabirds, in four oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern. The full contents of this special issue can be viewed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09670645/107. The table of contents is reproduced at the end of this message. With the very best regards, Rui Prieto Centro do IMAR da Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas 9901-862 Horta Portugal Tel: (351) 292200475 Fax: (351) 292200411 E-mail: rprieto@uac.pt http://www.whales.uac.pt Introduction Fronts, fish, and predators. Igor M. Belkin, George L. Hunt Jr., Elliott L. Hazen, Jeannette E. Zamon, Robert S. Schick, Rui Prieto, Jon Brodziak, Steven L.H. Teo, Lesley Thorne, Helen Bailey, Sachihiko Itoh, Peter Munk, Michael K. Musyl, Jay K. Willis, Wuchang Zhang Special Issue Articles Fish larvae at fronts: Horizontal and vertical distributions of gadoid fish larvae across a frontal zone at the Norwegian Trench Peter Munk Sea surface temperature fronts affect distribution of Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean Chen-Te Tseng, Chi-Lu Sun, Igor M. Belkin, Su-Zan Yeh, Chin-Lau Kuo, Don-Chung Liu Distribution of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in the subarctic-subtropical transition area of the western North Pacific in relation to oceanic fronts Hiroto Murase, Takashi Hakamada, Koji Matsuoka, Shigetoshi Nishiwaki, Denzo Inagake, Makoto Okazaki, Naoki Tojo, Toshihide Kitakado Evaluating the role of fronts in habitat overlaps between cold and warm water species in the western North Pacific: A proof of concept Robinson M. Mugo, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Fumihiro Takahashi, Akira Nihira, Tadaaki Kuroyama Toward biophysical synergy: Investigating advection along the Polar Front to identify factors influencing Alaska sablefish recruitment S. Kalei Shotwell, Dana H. Hanselman, Igor M. Belkin Relationship of Northeast Atlantic albacore juveniles with surface thermal and chlorophyll-a fronts Y. Sagarminaga, H. Arrizabalaga Front variability and surface ocean features of the presumed southern bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the tropical southeast Indian Ocean Anne-Elise Nieblas, Hervé Demarcq, Kyla Drushka, Bernadette Sloyan, Sylvain Bonhommeau Fine-scale recognition and use of mesoscale fronts by foraging Cape gannets in the Benguela upwelling region Philippe S. Sabarros, David Grémillet, Hervé Demarcq, Christina Moseley, Lorien Pichegru, Ralf H.E. Mullers, Nils C. Stenseth, Eric Machu Marine bird aggregations associated with the tidally-driven plume and plume fronts of the Columbia River Jeannette E. Zamon, Elizabeth M. Phillips, Troy J. Guy