Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2008
Editorial welcome and discussion of JMATE launch. Articles include a discussion on balancing cost versus morality of marine animal rehabilitation. A technical paper presents the use of a hand-held, PDA Based System for seabird data collection during cetacean surveys. Another interesting article discusses that sexual selection in humpback whales by contrasting nature of humpback song and hypotheses as to its function. There is also a clinical report on staphylococcal pyelonephritis and cystitis in a California sea lion. A review article covers contaminant levels in sirenians and impacts on conservation strategies. The article on winter abundance estimates for the common dolphin in the western approaches of the English Channel show this location is very important for this species.