Vol. 16 No. 1 (2021)

A southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf photographed in Argentina by Philip Hamilton

This is 16(1) 2021 regular issue of LAJAM

Editor-in-Chief: Miriam Marmontel

Managing Editor: Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske

Layout Editor: Hime Navarro

Cover Photo: A southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf photographed in Argentina. Photo Credit: Philip Hamilton

Published: 2021-11-30

Editorial

Fresh faces, a new look, and a bright future for LAJAM

Miriam Marmontel; Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske

1-2
- Editorial 16(1)

Articles

Passive acoustic monitoring of river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis) presence: A comparison between waters near the city of Iquitos and within the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve

Charles A Muirhead

3-11
- Muirhead
Cetacean community off French Guiana

Claire Pusineri, Ludivine Martinez, Amandine Bordin, Benjamin de Montgolfier, Ophélie Deffes, Vincent Rufray, Paul Lenrume, Morjane Safi, Alessandra Suardi, Virginie Wyss, Mathieu Marzelière, Brendan Leclerc

12-22
- Pusineri et al
A decade of whale watching in an important tourist destination in the Pacific coast of Colombia: Challenges for proper management

Isabel Cristina Avila, Luis Fernando Ortega, Cristina Pretel, Gustavo Mayor

23-32
- Avila et al
Humpback whales in Banderas Bay, Mexico: relative abundance and temporal patterns between 2004 and 2017

Iyari Janethzy Espinoza Rodríguez, Astrid Frisch Jordán, Fernando Noriega Betancourt

33-39
- Espinoza Rodríguez et al

Notes

Antofagasta Region in northern Chile, a potential nursing ground for the Southern right whale Eubalaena australis

Ana Garcia Cegarra, Maritza Malebran, Koen Van Waerebeek

40-45
- García-Cegarra et al
Strandings of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) in the Mexican Central Pacific

Raziel Meza-Yáñez, Myriam Llamas-González, Víctor Landa Jaime, Emilio Michel Morfin, Ramiro Flores Vargas, Carlos Delgado Trejo, Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, Christian D. Ortega Ortiz

46-50
- Meza-Yáñez et al
Insights into the foraging behaviour of an understudied orca population

Mel Cosentino, Nacho Oria

51-53
- Cosentino & Oria

Protocols

Guidelines for collection of biological samples for giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis Gmelin, 1788) and Neotropical otters (Lontra longicaudis Olfers, 1818)

Mariana Furtado, Livia Rodrigues, Rodrigo Teixeira, Miriam Marmontel

54-60
- Furtado et al

Opinions

Towards an aquatic mammal research code of conduct in Latin America: Ethical before technical considerations

Fernando Félix, Koen Van Waerebeek

61-65
- Félix and Van Waerebeek