Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The Atlantic humpback dolphin remains an understudied, critically endangered cetacean species. Here, we describe the first complete mitogenome of Sousa teuszii, derived from an animal stranded on Île des Oiseaux, Sine Saloum, Senegal. The S.
Michael R. McGowen +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Aquatic ecosystems are under increasing stress from global anthropogenic and natural changes, including climate change, eutrophication, ocean acidification, and pollution.
Ludek Sehnal +13 more
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Use of the FLOTAC technique as a new coproparasitological diagnostic method in aquatic mammals and comparison with traditional methods [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 The inadequate choice of a diagnostic method or the option for techniques that have low sensitivity and specificity may limit the diagnosis of parasitic agents that affect aquatic mammals.
JOÃO CARLOS G. BORGES +9 more
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Tidal and seasonal influences in dolphin habitat use in a southern Brazilian estuary
Scientia Marina, 2017 In this study we describe how franciscana and Guiana dolphin habitat use is influenced by tidal cycles and seasonality in Babitonga Bay. The franciscanas use a greater area in winter and a smaller area in summer, but the extent of the area used did not ...
Renan Lopes Paitach +2 more
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Reproductive Failure in UK Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena : Legacy of Pollutant Exposure? [PDF]
, 2015 This research was supported by a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship within the Seventh European Community Framework Programme (Project Cetacean-stressors, PIOF-GA-2010-276145 to PDJ and SM).
Barber, Jonathan L. +11 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Most fatty acids (FAs) making up the adipose tissue in mammals have a dietary origin and suffer little modification when they are stored. However, we propose that some of those FAs, specifically those that can be synthesised or modified by ...
Alicia I. Guerrero, Tracey L. Rogers
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Eye morphology of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) and Clymene dolphins (Stenella clymene)
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Recent studies showed that vision and hearing in dolphins are mechanisms for perception of the environment, and transmission of information among individuals.
FERNANDA M. RODRIGUES +4 more
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First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]
, 2010 In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Boer, M.N., de
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Hexabromocyclododecane and hexachlorocyclohexane: How lessons learnt have led to improved regulation [PDF]
, 2014 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2014 Taylor & Francis.The use of chemicals by society has many benefits but contamination of the environment is an unintended consequence.
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The newly described Araguaian river dolphins, Inia araguaiaensis (Cetartiodactyla, Iniidae), produce a diverse repertoire of acoustic signals [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The recent discovery of the Araguaian river dolphin (Inia araguaiaensis) highlights how little we know about the diversity and biology of river dolphins. In this study, we described the acoustic repertoire of this newly discovered species in concert with
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