The "Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals" (LAJAM) publishes scientific papers on research, management and biology of the conservation of aquatic mammals in Latin America. The LAJAM is a official journal of two distinct societies, the SOLAMAC and the Sociedade Mexicana de Mastozoologia Marinha (SOMEMMA). Members of both societies have the right to publishing in the journal without cost. Since 2011, the LAJAM is available and with free content access for all through www.lajamjournal.org

Vol. 17, No. 1 (2022)

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Vol. 16, No. 1 (2021)

Table of Contents

Editorial

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

Miriam Marmontel; Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske

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

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

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

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

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

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

Insights into the foraging behaviour of an understudied orca population

Mel Cosentino, Nacho 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

Opinions

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

Fernando Félix, Koen Van Waerebeek