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Supported through Joint Sponsorship by the European Association for Aquatic Mammals,

the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, and the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association

Founded by EAAM in 1974

Aquatic Mammals, Volume 42, Number 1, 2016 ISSN 0167-5427

ContentsA. S. Kavanagh, A. W. Goldizen, S. P. Blomberg, M. J. Noad, & R. A. Dunlop: Factors Affecting the Reliability and Validity of Behavioural Datasets: Assessing the Impact of Observers’ Experience and Native Language on Studies of Wild Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

I. Giovos, K. Ganias, M. Garagouni, & J. Gonzalvo: Social Media in the Service of Conservation: A Case Study of Dolphins in the Hellenic Seas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

F. R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, H. Rosales-Nanduca, A. Paniagua-Mendoza, S. Martínez-Aguilar, A. K. Nader-Valencia, R. Robles-Hernández, F. Gómez-Díaz, & J. Urbán R: First Record of Pygmy Killer Whales (Feresa attenuata) in the Gulf of California, Mexico: Diet Inferences and Probable Relation with Warm Conditions During 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

V. Huertas & C. J. Lagueux: First Recorded Mass Stranding of the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

M. S. Hansen, A. K. O. Alstrup, J. H. Hansen, M. N. S. Al-Sabi, B. Nonnemann, L. F. Jensen, A. Hedayat, & T. H. Jensen: Stranding of Two Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the “North Sea Trap” at Henne Strand, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

F. Villegas-Zurita, F. R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, & F. Castillejos-Moguel: First Report of a South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) in Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

F. Toro, Y. A. Vilina, J. J. Capella, & J. Gibbon: Novel Coastal Feeding Area for Eastern South Pacific Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Mid-Latitude Humboldt Current Waters off Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

C. N. S. Poonian & D. D. Lopez: Small-Scale Mariculture: A Potentially Significant Threat to Dugongs (Dugong dugon) Through Incidental Entanglement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

K-J. Song: First Stranding of Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Korean Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Z. Bräger, J. Gonzalvo, S. Agazzi, & G. Bearzi: Identification of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Prey Using Fish Scale Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

M. Caldwell: Historical Seasonal Density and Distribution Patterns of Tursiops truncatus in Northeast Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

M. Caldwell: Historical Evidence of Tursiops truncatus Exhibiting Habitat Preference and Seasonal Fidelity in Northeast Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

M. B. Argüelles, A. Fazio, C. Fiorito, D. Pérez-Martínez, M. Coscarella, & M. Bertellotti: Diving Behavior of Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) in a Maritime Traffic Area in Patagonia, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

J. L. Brusa, R. F. Young, & T. Swanson: Abundance, Ranging Patterns, and Social Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in an Estuarine Terminus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Aquatic MammalsAquatic Mammals publishes hard copies on-demand, CDs, and online peer-reviewed scientific articles related to

marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions, walrus, dugongs, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears). Topics of publication on both captive animals and wild marine mammals include aspects of husbandry; behavior; conservation; veterinary medicine; anatomy; physiology; training; population trends; and the effects of pollution,

climate change, and noise. In addition, Aquatic Mammals has the Historical Perspectives feature, which includes essays and high definition DVDs of interviews with prominent marine mammal scientists. The journal also publishes Book Reviews.

Copyright and Editor: Aquatic Mammals Journal, attn: Kathleen M. DudzinskiCo-Editors: Shane B. Kanatous, David A. S. Rosen, Elizabeth Henderson, Alyson H. Fleming, and Kristy L. Biolsi

Mailing Address: PO Box 7485, Port St. Lucie, FL 34985, USA

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Established by the EAAM in 1974

Aquatic MammalsThe European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM), the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA), and the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA)

jointly sponsor Aquatic Mammals (ISSN 0167-5427), published four times per year.Managing Editor

Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.Mailing Address: PO Box 7485, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34985, USA

E-mail: aquaticmammals@gmail.com or business@aquaticmammalsjournal.org, Tel: +1 (860) 514-4704

Co-EditorsShane B. Kanatous, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Colorado State University

E-mail: Shane.Kanatous@ColoState.edu

David A. S. Rosen, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British ColumbiaE-mail: rosen@zoology.ubc.ca

Elizabeth Henderson, Ph.D., Navy Marine Mammal Program, SPAWAR, San Diego, CaliforniaE-mail: eehenders@gmail.com

Alyson H. Fleming, Ph.D., Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DCE-mail: alyson.fleming@gmail.com

Kristy L. Biolsi, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New YorkE-mail: kbiolsi@sfc.edu

Book Review EditorMaryEllen Mateleska, Mystic Aquarium

E-mail: mmateleska@searesearch.org

Editors EmeritiWillem H. Dudok van Heel, Victor J. A. Manton, Paul E. Nachtigall, Jeanette A. Thomas

Editorial BoardArne Bjørge, Institute of Marine Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway

Manuel E. dos Santos, MARE, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, PortugalManuel García Hartmann, Marineland Antibes, France

Heidi Harley, Division of Social Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, USAA. Rus Hoelzel, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK

Christina Lockyer, Age Dynamics, Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkLee A. Miller, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Paul E. Nachtigall, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kailua, Hawaii, USAGiuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, ItalyDan Odell, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA

Grey Stafford, Wildlife World Zoo, Litchfield Park, Arizona, USA

Copy Editing and Layout Design Services Sandra K. Larimer and Shanee J. Sullivan, Macomb, Illinois 61455, USA

Cover Photo Dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding with juvenile pilot jacks, Abu Dabbab, Marsa Alam, Red Sea

Photo credit: Laura Dinraths.

Aquatic MammalsBoard of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM)

www.eaam.orgPresident: Arlete Sogorb, Lisbon Zoo, president@eaam.org

President-Elect: Brad Andrews, Sea World Parks & Entertainment, president_elect@eaam.orgPast President: Jesús Fernández Morán, Zoo Aquarium Madrid, Parques Reunidos, S.A.,

past_ president@eaam.orgSecretary/Treasurer: Camino Herreros Paris, Mundomar, camino.eaam@mundomar.es

Information Committee: Ann-Louise Jensen and Javier Almunia, information@eaam.org

Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA www.ammpa.org

Executive Director: Kathleen DezioE-mail: executivedirector@ammpa.org

Board of DirectorsPresident: Rita Irwin, Dolphin Research Center, Rita@dolphins.org

Past President: Kevin Willis, Minnesota Zoo, kevin.willis@state.mn.usVice President: Stewart Clark, Discovery Cove, Stewart.Clark@DiscoveryCove.com

Treasurer: Bill Hughes, SeaWorld Orlando, bill.hughes@seaworld.comSecretary: Travis Burke, Dolphin Discovery, tburke@dolphindiscovery.comDirector-at-Large: Patrick Berry, Gulfarium, patrick.berry@gulfarium.com

Director-at-Large: Bill Zeigler, Chicago Zoological Society, bill.zeigler@czs.org

International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA) www.imata.org

c/o John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA

Board of DirectorsPresident: Linda Erb, Dolphin Research Center, president@imata.org

President-Elect: Michele Sousa, Aquarium of the Pacific, presidentelect@imata.orgPast President: Bill Wolden, Dolphin Quest, pastpresident@imata.org

Secretary: Alex Mata, Dolphin Discovery, secretary@imata.orgTreasurer: Rita Stacey, Brookfield Zoo, treasurer@imata.orgPast Treasurer: Robert Roozendaal, pasttreasurer@imata.org

Second Vice President: Suzanne Smith, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, secondvp@imata.orgThird Vice President: Jennifer Pletcher, SeaWorld San Diego, thirdvp@imata.orgDirector-at-Large: Patty Schilling, New England Aquarium, director@imata.org

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