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Aquatic Mammals 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 Contents A. 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 Mammals Aquatic 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. Dudzinski Co-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 Printed by Minuteman Press, 595 West Main Street, Norwich, CT 06360, USA Aquatic Mammals Volume 42, Number 1, 2016
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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
Printed by Minuteman Press, 595 West Main Street, Norwich, CT 06360, 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: [email protected] or [email protected], Tel: +1 (860) 514-4704
Co-EditorsShane B. Kanatous, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Colorado State University
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David A. S. Rosen, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British ColumbiaE-mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth Henderson, Ph.D., Navy Marine Mammal Program, SPAWAR, San Diego, CaliforniaE-mail: [email protected]
Alyson H. Fleming, Ph.D., Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DCE-mail: [email protected]
Kristy L. Biolsi, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New YorkE-mail: [email protected]
Book Review EditorMaryEllen Mateleska, Mystic Aquarium
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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
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Cover Photo Dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding with juvenile pilot jacks, Abu Dabbab, Marsa Alam, Red Sea
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Aquatic MammalsBoard of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM)
www.eaam.orgPresident: Arlete Sogorb, Lisbon Zoo, [email protected]
President-Elect: Brad Andrews, Sea World Parks & Entertainment, [email protected] President: Jesús Fernández Morán, Zoo Aquarium Madrid, Parques Reunidos, S.A.,
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Executive Director: Kathleen DezioE-mail: [email protected]
Board of DirectorsPresident: Rita Irwin, Dolphin Research Center, [email protected]
Past President: Kevin Willis, Minnesota Zoo, [email protected] President: Stewart Clark, Discovery Cove, [email protected]
Treasurer: Bill Hughes, SeaWorld Orlando, [email protected]: Travis Burke, Dolphin Discovery, [email protected]: Patrick Berry, Gulfarium, [email protected]
Director-at-Large: Bill Zeigler, Chicago Zoological Society, [email protected]
International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA) www.imata.org
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Board of DirectorsPresident: Linda Erb, Dolphin Research Center, [email protected]
President-Elect: Michele Sousa, Aquarium of the Pacific, [email protected] President: Bill Wolden, Dolphin Quest, [email protected]
Secretary: Alex Mata, Dolphin Discovery, [email protected]: Rita Stacey, Brookfield Zoo, [email protected] Treasurer: Robert Roozendaal, [email protected]
Second Vice President: Suzanne Smith, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, [email protected] Vice President: Jennifer Pletcher, SeaWorld San Diego, [email protected]: Patty Schilling, New England Aquarium, [email protected]
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