Marine Mammal Science

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  1. Articles

    1. Spatial and temporal analysis of killer whale (Orcinus orca) strandings in the North Pacific Ocean and the benefits of a coordinated stranding response protocol

      Michelle M. Barbieri, Stephen Raverty, M. Bradley Hanson, Stephanie Venn-Watson, John K. B. Ford and Joseph K. Gaydos

      Article first published online: 22 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12044

    2. Hydrodynamic performance of the flippers of large-bodied cetaceans in relation to locomotor ecology

      Paul W. Weber, Laurens E. Howle, Mark M. Murray, Joy S. Reidenberg and Frank E. Fish

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12040

    3. Behavioral impacts of disentanglement of a right whale under sedation and the energetic cost of entanglement

      Julie van der Hoop, Michael Moore, Andreas Fahlman, Alessandro Bocconcelli, Clay George, Katharine Jackson, Carolyn Miller, David Morin, Thomas Pitchford, Teri Rowles, Jamison Smith and Barb Zoodsma

      Article first published online: 21 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12042

    4. Nitric oxide in the breath of bottlenose dolphins: Effects of breath hold duration, feeding, and lung disease

      Laura C. Yeates, Kevin P. Carlin, Mark Baird, Stephanie Venn-Watson and Sam Ridgway

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12037

    5. Improving population estimates by quantifying diving and surfacing patterns: A dugong example

      Rie Hagihara, Rhondda E. Jones, Alana Grech, Janet M. Lanyon, James K. Sheppard and Helene Marsh

      Article first published online: 7 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12041

    6. Social structure of Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, following environmental disturbance and demographic changes

      Cindy R. Elliser and Denise L. Herzing

      Article first published online: 7 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12038

  2. Notes

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      Bryde's whale calls recorded in the Gulf of Mexico

      Ana Širović, Hannah R. Bassett, Sarah C. Johnson, Sean M. Wiggins and John A. Hildebrand

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12036

  3. Articles

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      Brain size in neonatal and adult Weddell seals: Costs and consequences of having a large brain

      Regina Eisert, Charles W. Potter and Olav T. Oftedal

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12033

    2. Body growth in Hawaiian monk seals

      Jason D. Baker, Thea C. Johanos, Tracy A. Wurth and Charles L. Littnan

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12035

    3. Prey preferences of sympatric fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) whales revealed by stable isotope mixing models

      Conor Ryan, Simon D. Berrow, Brendan McHugh, Ciarán O'Donnell, Clive N. Trueman and Ian O'Connor

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12034

  4. Notes

    1. Eastern South Pacific southern right whale photo-identification catalog reveals behavior and habitat use patterns

      Bárbara Galletti Vernazzani, Elsa Cabrera and Robert L. Brownell Jr.

      Article first published online: 25 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12030

  5. Articles

    1. Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) target strength measurements

      Matteo Bernasconi, Ruben Patel, Leif Nøttestad and Andrew S. Brierley

      Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12032

    2. Remote biopsy darting and marking of polar bears

      Anthony M. Pagano, Elizabeth Peacock and Melissa A. McKinney

      Article first published online: 9 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12029

    3. Reestablishment of former wintering grounds by New Zealand southern right whales

      Emma L. Carroll, William J. Rayment, Alana M. Alexander, C. Scott Baker, Nathalie J. Patenaude, Debbie Steel, Rochelle Constantine, Rosalind Cole, Laura J. Boren and Simon Childerhouse

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12031

    4. Analysis of a Blainville's beaked whale's movement response to playback of killer whale vocalizations

      Ann N. Allen, Julian J. Schanze, Andrew R. Solow and Peter L. Tyack

      Article first published online: 1 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12028

    5. Population genetic structure and taxonomy of the common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) at its southernmost range limit: New Zealand waters

      Karen A. Stockin, Ana R. Amaral, Julie Latimer, David M. Lambert and Ada Natoli

      Article first published online: 21 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12027

    6. Long-range movement by Hector's dolphins provides potential genetic enhancement for critically endangered Maui's dolphin

      Rebecca M. Hamner, Rochelle Constantine, Marc Oremus, Martin Stanley, Phillip Brown and C. Scott Baker

      Article first published online: 7 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12026

    7. Lifetime survival rates and senescence in northern elephant seals

      Richard Condit, Joanne Reiter, Patricia A. Morris, Ryan Berger, Sarah G. Allen and Burney J. Le Boeuf

      Article first published online: 7 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12025

    8. False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) from Japan and South Africa: Differences in growth and reproduction

      Inês M. Ferreira, Toshio Kasuya, Helene Marsh and Peter B. Best

      Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12021

  6. Notes

    1. Agonistic intraspecific behavior in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins: Calf-directed aggression and infanticidal tendencies by adult males

      Kevin P. Robinson

      Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12023

  7. Articles

    1. Pleistocene sea level fluctuations and the phylogeography of the dugong in Australian waters

      David Blair, Adrian McMahon, Brenda McDonald, Daniela Tikel, Michelle Waycott and Helene Marsh

      Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12022

  8. Notes

    1. Can gray seals maintain heading within areas of high tidal current? Preliminary results from numerical modeling and GPS observations

      Damien Chevaillier, Mikhail Karpytchev, Bernie J. Mcconnell, Simon Moss and Cecile Vincent

      Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12024

  9. Articles

    1. An evaluation of lipid extraction techniques for interpretation of carbon and nitrogen isotope values in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) skin tissue

      Rachel Marie Wilson, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Brian C. Balmer and Douglas P. Nowacek

      Article first published online: 15 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12018

  10. Notes

    1. Reversible immobilization of free-ranging adult male California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

      Sharon R. Melin, Martin Haulena, William Van Bonn, Mathew J. Tennis, Robin F. Brown and Jeffrey D. Harris

      Article first published online: 15 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12017

  11. Articles

    1. Estimation of calf:cow ratios of Pacific walruses for use in population modeling and monitoring

      John J. Citta, Lori T. Quakenbush and Brian D. Taras

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12013

  12. Notes

    1. Nocturnal feeding of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas

      Denise L. Herzing and Cindy R. Elliser

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12016

  13. Articles

    1. Patterns and trends in the diet of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the northeast Atlantic

      M. Begoña Santos, Silvia S. Monteiro, José V. Vingada, Marisa Ferreira, Alfredo López, José A. Martínez Cedeira, Robert J. Reid, Andrew Brownlow and Graham J. Pierce

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12015

    2. Are there biases in biopsy sampling? Potential drivers of sex ratio in projectile biopsy samples from two small delphinids

      Nicholas M. Kellar, Marisa L. Trego, Susan J. Chivers, Fredrick I. Archer, Jeremiah J. Minich and Wayne L. Perryman

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12014

    3. Decline in local abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

      Gabriela Tezanos-Pinto, Rochelle Constantine, Lyndon Brooks, Jennifer A. Jackson, Fabiana Mourão, Sarah Wells and C. Scott Baker

      Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12008

  14. Notes

    1. An unusual case of care-giving behavior in wild long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) in the East Sea

      Kyum J. Park, Hawsun Sohn, Yong R. An, Dae Y. Moon, Seok G. Choi and Doo H. An

      Article first published online: 18 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12012

    2. Sex determination in adults of two otariid species (Neophoca cinerea and Arctophoca australis forsteri) based on osteology of the pelvis

      Maria Zammit and Rachel M. Norris

      Article first published online: 18 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12011

  15. Articles

    1. Fueling phocids: Divergent exploitation of primary energy sources and parallel ontogenetic diet switches among three species of subarctic seals

      Strahan Tucker, Garry B. Stenson, W. Don Bowen and Sara J. Iverson

      Article first published online: 18 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12009

  16. Notes

    1. Patterns of social association in the franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei

      Randall S. Wells, Pablo Bordino and David C. Douglas

      Article first published online: 17 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12010

  17. Articles

    1. Effects of airgun sounds on bowhead whale calling rates in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

      Susanna B. Blackwell, Christopher S. Nations, Trent L. McDonald, Charles R. Greene Jr, Aaron M. Thode, Melania Guerra and A. Michael Macrander

      Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12001

    2. Evaluating postintervention survival of free-ranging odontocete cetaceans

      Randall S. Wells, Deborah A. Fauquier, Frances M. D. Gulland, Forrest I. Townsend and Robert A. DiGiovanni Jr.

      Article first published online: 30 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12007

    3. The influence of habitat and time of day on the occurrence of odontocete vocalizations in Onslow Bay, North Carolina

      Lynne E. W. Hodge, Joel T. Bell, Anurag Kumar and Andrew J. Read

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12006

    4. Humpback whale song hierarchical structure: Historical context and discussion of current classification issues

      Danielle M. Cholewiak, Renata S. Sousa-Lima and Salvatore Cerchio

      Article first published online: 21 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12005

  18. Notes

    1. Hydrodynamic patterns associated with echelon formation swimming by feeding bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

      Frank E. Fish, Kimberly T. Goetz, David J. Rugh and Linda Vate Brattström

      Article first published online: 20 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12004

    2. First insights into the effects of swim-with-dolphin tourism on the behavior, response, and group structure of southern Australian bottlenose dolphins

      Katharina J. Peters, Guido J. Parra, Pawel P. Skuza and Luciana M. Möller

      Article first published online: 20 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12003

  19. Articles

    1. Postrelease movement of rehabilitated harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) pups compared with cohort-matched wild seal pups

      Joseph K. Gaydos, L. Ignacio Vilchis, Monique M. Lance, Steven J. Jeffries, Austen Thomas, Vanessa Greenwood, Penny Harner and Michael H. Ziccardi

      Article first published online: 8 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/mms.12002

    2. The diets of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the shelf and oceanic feeding grounds in the western North Pacific inferred from stable isotope analysis

      Olga A. Filatova, Briana H. Witteveen, Anton A. Goncharov, Alexei V. Tiunov, Maria I. Goncharova, Alexander M. Burdin and Erich Hoyt

      Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00617.x

    3. Diet of harbor porpoises along the Dutch coast: A combined stable isotope and stomach contents approach

      Okka E. Jansen, Loïc Michel, Gilles Lepoint, Krishna Das, Abraham S. Couperus and Peter J. H. Reijnders

      Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00621.x

    4. Sequential foraging of dusky dolphins with an inspection of their prey distribution

      Mariana Degrati, Silvana L. Dans, Griselda V. Garaffo, Ariel G. Cabreira, Federico Castro Machado and Enrique A. Crespo

      Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00615.x

    5. Retrospective analysis of bottlenose dolphin foraging: A legacy of anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance

      Sam Rossman, Nélio B. Barros, Peggy H. Ostrom, Craig A. Stricker, Aleta A. Hohn, Hasand Gandhi and Randall S. Wells

      Article first published online: 24 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00618.x

    6. Subsurface behavior of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) interacting with fish trawl nets in northwestern Australia: Implications for bycatch mitigation

      Vanessa F. Jaiteh, Simon J. Allen, Jessica J. Meeuwig and Neil R. Loneragan

      Article first published online: 24 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00620.x

    7. Likely future extirpation of another Asian river dolphin: The critically endangered population of the Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong River is small and declining

      I. Beasley, K. Pollock, T. A. Jefferson, P. Arnold, L. Morse, S. Yim, S. Lor Kim and H. Marsh

      Article first published online: 18 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00614.x

    8. Vocal activity of tropical dolphins is inhibited by the presence of killer whales, Orcinus orca

      Shannon Rankin, Frederick Archer and Jay Barlow

      Article first published online: 18 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00613.x

    9. Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation

      Bénédicte Madon, Claire Garrigue, Roger Pradel and Olivier Gimenez

      Article first published online: 18 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x

  20. Notes

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      A Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) strands in Maui, Hawaii, with first case of morbillivirus in the central Pacific

      Kristi L. West, Susan Sanchez, David Rotstein, Kelly M. Robertson, Sophie Dennison, Gregg Levine, Nicole Davis, David Schofield, Charles W. Potter and Brenda Jensen

      Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00616.x

  21. Articles

    1. The development of synchronous movement by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

      Wendi Fellner, Gordon B. Bauer, Sarah A. Stamper, Barbara A. Losch and Adrian Dahood

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00609.x

    2. Studying small purse-seine vessel fishing behavior with tuna catch data: Implications for eastern Pacific Ocean dolphin conservation

      Cleridy E. Lennert-Cody, Jeremy D. Rusin, Mark N. Maunder, Edward H. Everett, Erick D. Largacha Delgado and Patrick K. Tomlinson

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00608.x

  22. Notes

    1. Minke whale boing sound detections in the northeastern Chukchi Sea

      Julien Delarue, Bruce Martin and David Hannay

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00611.x

  23. Articles

    1. Age estimates based on aspartic acid racemization for bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) harvested in 1998–2000 and the relationship between racemization rate and body temperature

      Cheryl Rosa, Judith Zeh, J. Craig George, Oliver Botta, Melanie Zauscher, Jeffrey Bada and Todd M. O'Hara

      Article first published online: 26 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00593.x

    2. Potential vessel collisions with Southern Hemisphere humpback whales wintering off Pacific Panama

      Hector M. Guzman, Catalina G. Gomez, Carlos A. Guevara and Lars Kleivane

      Article first published online: 12 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00605.x

    3. Diel changes in the movement patterns of Ganges River dolphins monitored using stationed stereo acoustic data loggers

      Yukiko Sasaki-Yamamoto, Tomonari Akamatsu, Tamaki Ura, Harumi Sugimatsu, Junichi Kojima, Rajendar Bahl, Sandeep Behera and Shiro Kohshima

      Article first published online: 12 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00590.x

  24. Review Articles

    1. Methods of estimating marine mammal diets: A review of validation experiments and sources of bias and uncertainty

      W. D. Bowen and S. J. Iverson

      Article first published online: 12 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00604.x

  25. Notes

    1. Two genetically distinct stocks in Baird's beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)

      Shino Kitamura, Takashi Matsuishi, Tadasu K. Yamada, Yuko Tajima, Hajime Ishikawa, Shinsuke Tanabe, Hajime Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Uni and Syuiti Abe

      Article first published online: 12 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00607.x

  26. Articles

    1. Hector's dolphin diet: The species, sizes and relative importance of prey eaten by Cephalorhynchus hectori, investigated using stomach content analysis

      Elanor Miller, Chris Lalas, Steve Dawson, Hiltrun Ratz and Elisabeth Slooten

      Article first published online: 28 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00594.x

  27. Notes

    1. Cutaneous nodular disease in a small population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, from Japan

      M.-F. Van Bressem, M. Shirakihara and M. Amano

      Article first published online: 17 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00589.x

  28. ARTICLES

    1. Management reference points to account for direct and indirect impacts of fishing on marine mammals

      Jeffrey E. Moore

      Article first published online: 19 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00586.x

    2. The founding of a southern elephant seal colony

      Mariano A. Ferrari, Claudio Campagna, Richard Condit and Mirtha N. Lewis

      Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00585.x

    3. Investigating the potential use of aerial line transect surveys for estimating polar bear abundance in sea ice habitats: A case study for the Chukchi Sea

      Ryan M. Nielson, Thomas J. Evans and Michelle Bourassa Stahl

      Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00574.x

    4. Spatio-temporal shifts of the dynamic Cape fur seal population in southern Africa, based on aerial censuses (1972–2009)

      Steve P. Kirkman, D. Yemane, W. H. Oosthuizen, M. A. Meÿer, P. G. H. Kotze, H. Skrypzeck, F. Vaz Velho and L. G. Underhill

      Article first published online: 12 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00584.x

  29. Notes

    1. Investigating the feasibility of using DNA from sloughed skin for individual identification and kinship analysis in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

      S. P. Pierszalowski , M. Ferrari , D. Glockner-Ferrari , S. Mizroch , P. J. Clapham and B. R. Dickerson

      Article first published online: 9 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00580.x

    2. Rare observations of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) cooperatively feeding with common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

      Jochen R. Zaeschmar , Sarah L. Dwyer and Karen A. Stockin

      Article first published online: 9 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00582.x

    3. Lipid content of blubber biopsies is not representative of blubber in situ for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus)

      Conor Ryan , Brendan McHugh , Ian O’Connor and Simon Berrow

      Article first published online: 5 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00578.x

  30. ARTICLES

    1. Genetic and family structure in a group of 165 common bottlenose dolphins caught off the Japanese coast

      Yuki F. Kita, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Shingo Suzuki, Hidetoshi Inoko, Takashi Shiina, Mai Watanabe, Ayumi Tanaka, Taku Horie, Hiroshi Ohizumi, Sho Tanaka, Toshihide Iwasaki, Masao Ota and Jerzy K. Kulski

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00581.x

  31. NOTES

    1. A report on six cases of seagrass-associated gastric impaction in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

      E. Krzyszczyk , A. M. Kopps , K. Bacher , H. Smith , N. Stephens , N. A. Meighan and J. Mann

      Article first published online: 26 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00579.x

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