Vol. 21 No. 2 (2026)

Goose-beaked whales off the coast of Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

This is 21(2) 2026 regular issue of LAJAM

Editor-in-Chief: Miriam Marmontel

Managing Editor: Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske

Layout Editor: Aileen Arango

Cover Photo: Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) off the coast of Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Photo: Laurent Bouveret, OMMAG Guadeloupe.

Published: 2026-10-31

Editorial

Editorial: Seasons of change

Miriam Marmontel; Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske

53-54
- Marmontel and Gonzalez-Socoloske LAJAM 21.2 2026

Articles

Lesions on the jaws of an adult male orca (Orcinus orca) from Punta Norte, Argentina

Juan M. Copello, Ingrid N. Visser, Gabriela Bellazzi, Jorge Cazenave, Mariano Coscarella, Mark Enarson, Chantal K. Henderson, Juan Carlos Lopez, Kata Maria C. Marchesi, Scout Trom

55-69
- Copello et al LAJAM 21.2 2026
Acoustic and behavioral responses of the American manatee (Trichechus manatus) to anthropogenic disturbances: an integrative systematic and bibliometric review.

Paula Djanira Fernandes Coutinho, Ana Luiza Leichter Matte, Maria Gabriely Silva Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Bruna Martins Bezerra

70-81
- Coutinho et al LAJAM 21.2 2026
Molecular identification of a fin whale stranded in Veracruz, southern Gulf of Mexico

Eduardo Morteo, Betzaida Cuevas-Córdoba, Isabel Hernández-Candelario, Christian A. Delfín Alfonso, Valentina Islas Villanueva, Lynsey A. Wilcox Talbot

82-90
- Morteo et al LAJAM 21.2 2026
Inferring gestational diet in free-ranging Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) using newborn hair isotopic signatures

Helena Gurjão Pinheiro do Val, Lucas Inácio dos Santos Melo, Vitor Luz Carvalho, Aline Ramos Souza, Larissa Rosa de Oliveira, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Marcelo Zacharias Moreira

91-97
- do Val et al LAJAM 21.2 2026

Notes

Serial endoscopic characterization of foreign body-associated esophageal and forestomach ulcer resolution in Tursiops truncatus

Danilo Cruz Martínez, Elif Gizem Gündoğdu

98-102
- Cruz Martínez & Gündoğdu LAJAM 21.2 2026
Stranding of a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) in Utila Island, Honduras, with evidence of plastic ingestion in the Western Caribbean

Tom Brown, Josselyn Herrera, Andrea Izaguirre

103-109
- Brown et al LAJAM 21.2 2026

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2026)

Editorial

Editorial: Seasons of change

Articles

Lesions on the jaws of an adult male orca (Orcinus orca) from Punta Norte, Argentina

Acoustic and behavioral responses of the American manatee (Trichechus manatus) to anthropogenic disturbances: an integrative systematic and bibliometric review.

Molecular identification of a fin whale stranded in Veracruz, southern Gulf of Mexico

Inferring gestational diet in free-ranging Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) using newborn hair isotopic signatures

Notes

Serial endoscopic characterization of foreign body-associated esophageal and forestomach ulcer resolution in Tursiops truncatus

Stranding of a juvenile pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) in Utila Island, Honduras, with evidence of plastic ingestion in the Western Caribbean

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