Marine Mammal Science Vol. 25, No 4 October 2009

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. ISSN 0824-0469 pp. 242 Vol. 25 No 4, maps graphs tables #1218

Includes: Where to catch fish? The influence of foraging tactics on the ecology of bottlenose dolphins; Separating pygmy and Antarctic blue whales using long-forgotten data; Distribution of Steller sea lions in the Sea of Japan.