The Eleventh Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society was held at the German Museum for Marine Research and Fishery in Stralsund, Germany between 10th and 12th March, 1997. It was attended by 250 persons from 27 countnes.
The proceedings are abstracts of the talks and posters presented at the conference. As always, the contributions have been edited only to improve clarity and to maintain a uniformity of presentation. The main purpose of the proceedings is to report upon research conducted by European marine mammalogists, as presented at the Society's Annual Conference. Their value is seen as the rapid communication of results of studies currently underway or recently completed. No external refereeing has taken place, and much of the material presented here it is hoped will eventually be formally published in greater detail in scientific journals.