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Adaptive features of aquatic mammals' eye [PDF]

open access: yesAnatomical Record, 2007
AbstractThe eye of aquatic mammals demonstrates several adaptations to both underwater and aerial vision. This study offers a review of eye anatomy in four groups of aquatic animals: cetaceans (toothed and baleen whales), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), and sea otters.
Alla M, Mass, Alexander Ya, Supin
exaly   +3 more sources

Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals the Genomic Basis of Semi-Aquatic Adaptation in American Mink (Neovison vison)

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Although the American mink is extremely dependent on water and has evolved a range of aquatic characteristics, its structural adaptation to water is still less obvious than that of other typical semi-aquatic mammals, such as otters.
Lidong Wang   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A comprehensive meta-analysis of Brucella infections in aquatic mammals [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinaria Italiana, 2022
The presence of Brucella infections was documented in a large number of aquatic mammals, affecting wild animals living in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers within both northern and southern hemispheres. Through meta‑regression analysis, this study provides
Maryam Dadar   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Morbillivirus-host interaction: Lessons from aquatic mammals [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2012
In the last 25 years, no less than 10 dramatic morbilliviral epidemics have occurred among free-ranging pinniped and cetacean species and populations worldwide. The origin(s) of the new Morbillivirus genus members causing these mass mortality events, along with the reason(s) behind their “sudden” appearance among wild aquatic mammals, are totally ...
Giovanni eDi Guardo
doaj   +3 more sources

Sleep in Aquatic Mammals. [PDF]

open access: yesHandb Behav Neurosci, 2019
Lyamin OI, Siegel JM.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Dollo meets Bergmann: morphological evolution in secondary aquatic mammals [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023
Bruna M Farina   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Social relationships and death-related behaviour in aquatic mammals: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2018
Melissa A L V Reggente   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Update on the lobster species from Rocas Atoll Marine Reserve, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2015
This study is an update of list of lobster species from Rocas Atoll Marine Reserve, Brazil. The data were obtained trough visual censuses and photographic registers during expeditions since 1997 until 2014. It represents the first record of Enoplometopus
Juliana Gaeta   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Manatee calf call contour and acoustic structure varies by species and body size

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Vocal activity and signal characteristics of mammals are driven by several factors that result in both stability and plasticity over multiple time scales.
Beth Brady   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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