Marine Fisheries Review 



Vol.36, No. 4 

 April 1974 



CONTENTS 



Articles 



1 Preface. W. E. Evans 



2 Introductory Remarks. Brian J. Rothschild 



3 Respiration and Metabolism in Two Baleen Whale Calves, Eric A. Wahren- 

 brock. Gary F. Maruschak. Robert Eisner, and David W. Kenney 



9 Ballistocardiography as a Technique for Comparative Physiology. N. Ty 

 Smith and Eric A. Wahrenbrock 



15 Investigation of Blubber Thickness in a Gray Whale Using Utrasonography, 



Michael P. Curran and William M. Asher 

 20 Surgical Attachment of a Telemetry Device to the Dorsal Ridge of a Yearling 



California Gray Whale. Eschiichliiis rohustus. John C. Sweeney and Joel 



L, Mattsson 



22 Some Hematologic Observations on the California Gray Whale. Alfred 

 Zettner 



24 Some Coagulation Factors in Plasma from a California Gray Whale. 

 Escliricli litis rohiisnis, W. Medway 



25 Fluorescent Karyotype of the California Gray Whale. Deborah A. DufHeld 



28 Some Physiological Parameters of the Blood of the California Gray Whale. 

 William G. Gilmartin. Richard W. Pierce, and George A. Antonelis. Jr. 



31 Feeding of a Captive Gray Whale. G. Carleton Ray and William E. Schevill 



38 Sounds Produced by the Gray Whale. Eschrichtiiis rohiislus, James F. Fish. 

 James L. Sumich. and George L. Lingle 



45 Aerial Observations of Migrating Gray Whales, Esclirichtius rahiisius. off 

 .Southern California, 1969-72, J. S. Leatherwood 



50 A Note on Gray Whale Behavioral Interactions with Other Marine Mam- 

 mals, J. S. Leatherwood 



51 Aerial Observations of Gray Whales During 1973. Paul N. Sund and John 

 L. O'Connor 



52 Telemetering of Temperature and Depth Data from a Free Ranging Year- 

 ling California Gray Whale. Escliriclilius rohusnis, W. E. Evans 



58 Capture and Harnessing of Young California Gray Whales, E\i.hiii.litiiis 

 nihusiiis. Kenneth S. Norris and Roger L. Gentry 



Cover. — Alter almost a year in captivity, ttie 

 Caiitornia gray whale. Gigi II. is carried in a 

 special cradle aboard ship to the site where 

 she will later be released. Photograph, courtesy 

 of Audio Visual Prod. Div., Naval Undersea 

 Center, San Olego, Calif, 



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