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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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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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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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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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Anatomical adaptations of aquatic mammals [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, 2007 AbstractThis special issue of the Anatomical Record explores many of the anatomical adaptations exhibited by aquatic mammals that enable life in the water. Anatomical observations on a range of fossil and living marine and freshwater mammals are presented, including sirenians (manatees and dugongs), cetaceans (both baleen whales and toothed whales ...
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Aquatic habitat use in a semi-aquatic mammal: the Eurasian beaver [PDF]
Animal Biotelemetry, 2021 AbstractBackgroundSemi-aquatic mammals exploit resources both on land and in water and may require both to meet their habitat requirements including food- and building resources, refuges, and for social interactions with conspecifics. Within this, the specific availability of both terrestrial and aquatic resources is expected to impact individual ...
Rasmus Mohr Mortensen +4 more
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Ecology and conservation of the Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) from the perspective of fishers on the Purus River, Central Amazon: agreements and contrasts with scientific literature [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaA lifetime of near-daily observations, as opposed to scientific sampling expeditions that are often limited in time and space, makes Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) an extremely valuable source of information for understanding rare, threatened, or ...
Diogo Alexandre de SOUZA +2 more
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Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mycoplasma spp. in Marine Mammals, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Mycoplasma spp. are wall-less bacteria able to infect mammals and are classified as hemotropic (hemoplasma) and nonhemotropic. In aquatic mammals, hemoplasma have been reported in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and river dolphins (Inia ...
Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto +23 more
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