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January 11, 2019

Volume 45 - Issue 1

Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Along Southeastern Brazil: Report of an Anomalous Pigmented Juvenile and Description of Social and Feeding Behaviors

Document: Short NoteDOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.30Page N

By Júlio Cardoso, Arlaine Francisco, Shirley P. de Souza, and Salvatore Siciliano

January 11, 2019

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Reduction in Body Mass and Blubber Thickness of Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Due to Near-Fasting for 24 Hours in Four Seasons

Abstract: When wild harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are disturbed

By Ronald A. Kastelein, Lean Helder-Hoek, Nancy Jennings, Ruby van Kester, and Rowanne Huisman

January 11, 2019

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Abundance and Population Trends of the South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) in Uruguay

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By Valentina Franco-Trecu, Massimiliano Drago, M. Florencia Grandi, Alvaro Soutullo, Enrique A. Crespo, and Pablo Inchausti

January 11, 2019

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Abundance Estimates of Guiana Dolphins (Sotalia guianensis; Van Bénéden, 1864) Inhabiting an Estuarine System in Southeastern Brazil

Abstract: Baseline demographic information is essential for effective

By Aline B. de Mello, Julia M. B. Molina, Maja Kajin, and Marcos C. de O. Santos

January 11, 2019

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Small-Scale Movement Patterns, Activity Budgets, and Association Patterns of Radio-Tagged Indian River Lagoon Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Abstract: Information on movement patterns and habitat selection for c

By Wendy Noke Durden, Greg O’Corry-Crowe, Steve Shippee, Teresa Jablonski, Sarah Rodgers, Marilyn Mazzoil, Elisabeth Howells, Elizabeth Hartel, Brooke Potgieter, Catalina Londono, Lydia Moreland, Forrest Townsend, Stephen McCulloch, and Gregory Bossart

January 11, 2019

Volume 45 - Issue 1

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Skin Contains Eumelanin and Pheomelanin

Abstract: Melanin is a widespread pigment of the animal tegument. Two

By Blanca Morales-Guerrero, Diane Gendron, Laura M. Martinez-Levasseur, and Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse

January 11, 2019

Volume 45 - Issue 1

Consequences Potentially Related to a Meteorological Event on a Resident Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Mexican Pacific

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By Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Elena Wonneberger, Ibiza Martínez-Serrano, Tadashi Kono-Martínez, Francisco Villegas-Zurita, Luis M. Enríquez Paredes, Myriam Llamas González, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, and Manuel Gerardo Verduzco-Zapata

January 11, 2019

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First Record of a Live-Stranded Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Coastal Ecuador and Insights on Killer Whale Occurrence in Ecuadorian Waters

Document: Short NoteDOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.106Page

By Juan José Alava, Pedro J. Jiménez, Patricia A. Fair, and Lance Barrett-Lennard

January 11, 2019

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Cetacean Diversity Revealed from Whale-Watching Observations in Northern Peru

Document: Short NoteDOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.116Page

By Aldo S. Pacheco, Sebastián Silva, Belén Alcorta, Salvador Gubbins, Chiara Guidino, Fiorella Sanchez-Salazar, Andrea Petit, Miguel A. Llapapasca, Nadia Balducci, Eduardo Larrañaga, María A. Zapata, Estefanía Grados, Camila Valdivia, Giancarlo Pinasco, Ana

January 11, 2019

Volume 45 - Issue 1

Book Review: Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

Document: Book ReviewDOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.123Page

By Dagmar Fertl

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