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Marine Mammals in the Anthropocene: Developing a Systematic Evidence Base of Threats to Nineteen Species

open access: yesMammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of anthropogenic threats, yet a global systematic map of the literature for 19 species found both spatial and temporal disparity in research effort between threats and between species. There are knowledge gaps for species and threats, with effort unequal across many species' ranges.
Emily L. Hague   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catalog of Osteological Collections of Aquatic Mammals from Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
This paper compiles available information on osteological and other anatomical specimens of at least 51 species of aquatic mammals (34 extant, one recently extinct and 16 fossil) collected in Mexico between 1868 and 1990 and housed in 29 scientific ...
Vidal, Omar
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A higher-level MRP supertree of placental mammals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background The higher-level phylogeny of placental mammals has long been a phylogenetic Gordian knot, with disagreement about both the precise contents of, and relationships between, the extant orders.
Andy Purvis   +4 more
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Multielement Stable Isotope Ratios in the Baleen of Maternal and Fetal Fin Whales Provide Evidence for the Most Recently Formed Segment of Balaenopterid Baleen

open access: yesMarine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Baleen plates have been widely used to investigate the life cycle of mysticetes using a variety of chemical markers. Among these, stable isotope analysis (SIA) has been consistently applied to investigate their migratory movements and shifts in diet.
Marc Ruiz‐Sagalés   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taphonomy and whale-fall analysis of the Tortonian baleen whales from the Stirone river, Emilia Romagna (northern Italy)

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science
IntroductionThe taphonomy of three balaenopterid skeletons is examined in order to describe the traces left by whale fall communities. The whale specimens include two partial skeletons and an isolated periotic; one of the partial skeletons is the ...
Michelangelo Bisconti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

La collezione cetologica di Stefano delle Chiaje presso il Gabinetto di Anatomia Generale e Patologica dell’Università di Napoli

open access: yesNatural History Sciences, 2013
Nel corso di una ricerca sulla vita privata e professionale di Stefano delle Chiaje, lo studio di alcuni documenti ha fatto supporre che la Balenottera Minore esposta nel Museo Zoologico di Napoli fosse quella donata dallo scienziato al Gabinetto di ...
Marielva Torino, Nicola Maio
doaj   +1 more source

Revision of "Balaena" belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In 1941, Abel established Balaena belgica based on a series of fused cervical vertebrae and citing other cranial fragments from the late Neogene of the Antwerp harbor (northern Belgium).
Bisconti, M.   +2 more
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El uso de la fauna por constructores de concheros en la prehistoria de la Bahía Babitonga, Costa Norte de Santa Catarina, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The study of faunal remains from archaeological sites is based on qualitative and quantitative data that contribute to our understanding of the consumption of animal protein, environment, and lifestyle often goes beyond understanding daily activities ...
Rocha Bandeira, Dione da
core   +2 more sources

Cetáceos del Pací­fico de Guatemala: Cincuenta años de historia

open access: yesCiencia, Tecnología y Salud, 2014
En Guatemala el estudio de los cetáceos inició en la década de los sesenta con los primeros registros de varamiento y captura incidental. Sin embargo, pocos trabajos cientí­ficos con datos de cetáceos han sido publicados.
Andrea A. Cabrera Arreola   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritizing future evidence needs for marine and freshwater mammal conservation action

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 542-552, August 2025.
To improve conservation practice, decisions should be informed by the available evidence on the effectiveness of conservation actions. Here, we review the comprehensiveness of this evidence base for marine and freshwater mammals. We assess the taxonomic and geographic coverage of the evidence base, identify biases and suggest priorities for future ...
E. Hordern   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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