Hi Everyone The current issue of The Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology (JMATE) Volume 3, Issue 1, June/July 2010 is now available. JMATE is accessible to the public free of charge and is electronically published by the Oceanographic Environmental Research Society (OERS). This issue is accessible on the following webpage: http://www.oers.ca/journal/journal.html The Table of Contents includes the following: EDITORIAL.....................................pg 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.........................pg 2 INVITED COMMENTARY The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response: A Blueprint of Disaster for Canadian Wildlife MP Belanger ..................................pg 3-4 BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS Photographic case studies of skin conditions in wild-ranging bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves Riggin JL, Maldini D..........................pg 5-9 TECHNICAL SECTION: Empirical measures of accuracy using small sensor arrays to localize animal vocalizations. Emery P, Terhune JM...........................pg 10-19 SCIENTIFIC SECTION: Revisiting the correlation between estimated sea bird mortality and oil spill size. Tan L, Belanger MP, Wittnich C................pg 20-26 Southern sea otter diet in a soft sediment community. Maldini D, Ward C, Cecchetti A, Riggin J......pg 27-36 I would like to extend my thanks to the following people for their dedication and efforts into making another issue possible: 1) Our Editorial Staff- JMATE would not be a reality without all of your hard work and perseverance 2) The Reviewers- for giving up your precious time to make JMATE a respectable journal 3) The Authors- for committing yourself to research and submitting your papers to JMATE Mike Belanger Director of Operations Oceanographic Environmental Research Society (OERS)