This is a peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v10i2

Published: 2008-01-01

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Contents Editorial

Articles

Mitochondrial genetic variation in bowhead whales in the western Arctic

B. L. Taylor , R. G. LeDuc , K. K. Martien , P. A. Morin , N. Hedrick , K. M. Robertson , N. S. Mugue, R. G. Borodin , D. A. Zelenina , D. Litovka , J. C. George

93-97

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A calf index for monitoring reproductive success in the BeringChukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) population

W. R. Koski , J. Zeh, J. C. George

99-106

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Essential and non-essential elements in the bowhead whale: epidermis-based predictions of blubber, kidney, liver and muscle tissue concentrations

Todd M. O'Hara , Cyd Hanns , Victoria M. Woshner , Judy Zeh, Gerald Bratton, Robert Taylor

107-117

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Estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005

M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, D. L. Borchers, L. Witting, K. L. Laidre, M. J. Simon, A. Rosing-Asvid , D. G. Pike

119-129

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Behaviour of a social unit of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in a driftnet off Capo Palinuro (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

D. S. Pace, A. Miragliuolo, B. Mussi

131-135

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Distribution and density estimates of cetaceans along the midAtlantic Ridge during summer 2004

Gordon T. Waring, Leif Nottestad , Erik Olsen , Henrik Skov , Gisli Vikingsson

137-146

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Click train patterns of free-ranging harbour porpoises acquired using T-PODs may be useful as indicators of their behaviour

Sven Koschinski , Ansgar Diederichs , Mats Amundin

147-155

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Seasonal abundance and distribution patterns of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near St. Joseph Bay, Florida, USA

B. C. Balmer , R. S. Wells , S. M. Nowacek , D. P. Nowacek , L. H. Schwacke , D. A. Mclellan , F. S. Scharf , T. K. Rowles , L. J. Hansen , T. R. Spradlin , D. A. Pabst

157-167

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Age estimates for female eastern and whitebelly spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) incidentally killed in the eastern tropical Pacific tuna purse-seine fishery from 1973-82

Susan J. Chivers , Jason P. Larese

169-177

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A note on the use of dolphins as bait in the artisanal fisheries off Bahía Solano, Chocó, Colombia

Isabel Cristina Avila , Carolina Garcia , Juan Carlos Bastidas

179-182

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