Special Volume on Kogia biology Part 1

Special Volume on Kogia biology presents in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology. Published since 1963, this serial updates on a variety of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography.

1. Notes on stomach contents of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) from around Japan
Ayaka T. Matsuda, Tadasu K. Yamada, Yuko Tajima, Masao Amano, Takashi Matsuishi and Fumika Noto
2. Comparative analysis of the genetic structures of Kogia species populations in the western North Pacific.
Shin Nishida, Tadasu K. Yamada, Yuko Tajima and Atsushi Uchimura
3. A first record of digenean parasites of the dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima with morphological and molecular information
Akira Shiozaki, Tadasu K. Yamada, Yuko Tajima, Masao Amano and Shotaro Nakagun
4. A HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE FACIAL HAIR FOLLICLES IN THE PYGMY SPERM WHALE (Kogia breviceps)
Alfredo López Fernandez, Névia Lamas, Pablo Covelo, Uxía Vázquez and Nuria Alemañ
5. Population structure of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales in the Southern Hemisphere: implications for foraging ecology and dispersal
Stephanie Plön, Charles Scott Baker, Padraig Duignan, Shane Lavery, Ric Bernard and Koen van Waerebee

Postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography