Marine Mammal Science

Published on behalf of the Society for Marine Mammalogy

Edited by:
Daryl J. Boness

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 34/86 (Marine & Freshwater Biology); 37/134 (Zoology)
Impact Factor: 1.432

Published for the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Marine Mammal Science publishes significant new findings on marine mammals resulting from original research on their form and function, evolution, systematics, physiology, biochemistry, behavior, population biology, life history, genetics, ecology and conservation.

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Marine Mammal Science in the news
Read the Marine Mammal Science article Postpartum whistle production in bottlenose dolphins for free, featured in the BBC News article Dolphin call tells calf who's mum.

Read the Marine Mammal Science article Amazon River dolphin love fetishes: From folklore to molecular forensics for free, featured in the Science article Dolphin Love Fetishes Not as Advertised.

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TopHighlights

• Bubblestream whistles are not representative of a bottlenose dolphin's vocal repertoire
  Deborah Fripp
  
  
• Diving behavior of the Pacific Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in Monterey Bay, California
  Tomoharu Eguchi and James T. Harvey
  
  
• The gunshot sound produced by male North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena  glacialis) and its potential function in reproductive advertisement
  Susan E. Parks, Philip K. Hamilton, Scott D. Kraus and Peter L. Tyack
  
• Dugong (Dugong dugon) abundance along the Adaman coast of Thailand
  Ellen M. Hines, Kanjana Adulyanukosol and David A. Duffus