LAJAM Vol. 19 No. 2 November 2024 is Out Now!
Dear readers, we are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals Vol. 19 No. 2. November 2024 as a Regular Issue. This time the issue was Co-Managed by Dr. Daniel González-Socoloske and Dr. Eduardo Morteo.
This special issue brings you ten articles and three notes devoted to manatees encompassing the general areas of morphology and health (da Silva et al.; Pinheiro et al.), feeding habits and behavior (do Val et al.; Ramos et al.), abundance and distribution (Choi-Lima et al.; Cubero-Pargo et al.; Deeks et al.; Farinelli et al.), and threats and conservation (Allen et al.; Arévalo-González et al.; Corona-Figueroa and Cifuentes-Espinosa; Meirelles et al.; Moreira-Lima et al.).
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Miriam Marmontel
Editor-in-Chief
Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Eduardo Morteo
Managing Editors
LAJAM 19.2 Regular Issue
Editorial
Marmontel, M. (2024). Editorial. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 141.
Articles
Vega, D., Van Waerebeek, K., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Reyes, J. C., & Van Bressem, M.-F. (2024). Macroscopic and histologic characteristics of sexual maturation in the Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis from Peru. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 142-158.
Loch, C., & Marmontel, M. (2024). Tooth wear and dental pathology in Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) and tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 159-164.
Riou, M., Freriks, C. ., Ortolé, C., Valin, C., Safi, M., Cockx, E. ., Millon, C., Bouveret, L., & de Montgolfier, B. (2024). Site fidelity and population parameters of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus ) in the Eastern Caribbean through photographic identification. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 165-181.
Oliveira, C., Klagenberg, C. S., Veronez, M. R., & Oliveira, L. R. (2024). Artificial intelligence improves the identification of fur seals recorded at Southern Brazilian coast. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 182-189.
Martinelli, A., Ferro de Godoy, D., Luana Wiener, Y., de Souza Vieira Júnior, C., Carvalho do Nascimento, C., Sá de Mello, D., Noritake Louzada, C., & Maria Taufer, R. (2024). Occurrence of cetacean strandings on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil: a spatio-temporal assessment from 2017 to 2021. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 190-201.
Iñíguez Bessega, M. ., Winter, M., Abate, S. D., Seijas, V. A., Hevia, M., & Failla, M. (2024). Franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei, stranding records from systematic beach surveys, opportunistic and incidental capture reports at theRío Negro Estuary, Patagonia, Argentina (2003 – 2023). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 202-210.
Antonelli, M., Rocha Ribas, M., Meurer, R. ., Sandri, S., Kasuko Palmeiro, J. ., Cristine Marques Sincero, T. ., & Kiyomi Miyaji Kolesnikovas, C. . (2024). Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in a neonate Franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei): clinical approach and laboratory findings. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 211-218.
Notes
Díaz, A., De León, M. C., Castro, E., Eyheramendy, V., Herrera, J. M., Denuncio, P., Felipe, A., Gana, J. C. M., & Dassis, M. (2024). Gross anatomy and histology of the heart and great vessels of a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 219-225.
Pivari, D., Moreira, S., Crespo, H., Cardoso, J., & Sousa-Lima, R. (2024). Downsweep calls attributed to sei whales, Balaenoptera borealis, in Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 226-230.
May-Collado, L. ., Rasmussen, K., Palacios Alfaro, J. D., & Garita Alpizar, F. (2024). First record of humpback whales in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 231-236.
In Memoriam
Rojas-Bracho, L., Nieto-García, E., Cárdenas-Hinojosa, G., Taylor, B., Barlow, J., Thomas, L., Tregenza, N., Henry, A., Mesnick, S., Salinas, J. C., Vázquez-Morquecho, E., de la Cueva, H., Nowell, K., Towns-Alonso, V., Urbán-Ramirez, J., & Brownell, R. (2024). Armando Jaramillo-Legorreta (1964-2024). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(2), 237-239.
