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How do baleen whales stow their filter? A comparative biomechanical analysis of baleen bending [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 Bowhead and right whale (balaenid) baleen filtering plates, longer in vertical dimension (3-4+ m) than the closed mouth, presumably bend during gape closure. This has not been observed in live whales, even with scrutiny of videorecorded feeding sequences.
Alexander J. Werth +4 more
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Culture and conservation in baleen whales. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol SciCulture, defined as information or behaviours shared within a population and acquired from conspecifics through social learning, acts as a second inheritance system which has important implications for species' ecology and evolution. Understanding the influence of social learning and culture in animals' lives is essential to planning and predicting ...
Garland EC +9 more
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Dynamic filtration in baleen whales: recent discoveries and emerging trends [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine ScienceRecent findings have greatly improved our understanding of mysticete oral filtration, and have upended the traditional view of baleen filtration as a simple process.
Alexander J. Werth, Jean Potvin
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Reproductive Tactics in Baleen Whales [PDF]
, 2023 AbstractWhile a variety of reproductive tactics are readily witnessed in odontocetes, such behaviors can be far more elusive in baleen whales and in some cases are yet to be observed. This leads researchers to study the reproductive behaviors in mysticetes using a variety of research methods which have improved greatly in recent years.
Franca Eichenberger +2 more
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Social Organization of Baleen Whales
, 2022 Baleen whales are specialized to find and exploit prey that form dense patches seasonally within broad ocean areas. Most populations have an annual reproductive cycle that separates their breeding season from their feeding season, often with long ...
Tyack, Peter Lloyd
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, 2018 This dataset contains d13C and d15N stable isotope data from northern hemisphere rorqual whale (Balaenoptera) baleen taken from our collections. This includes data from the baleen of the Hintze Hall blue whale. The data has been used in various research papers.
Jackson, Andrew, Trueman, Clive
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Phylogenetics of Baleen Whales
, 2010 At present, there are 15 species of baleen whales that belong to the monophyletic suborder Mysticeti. The family-level designations of Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales) and Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales) are strongly supported and well resolved ...
Jennifer A Jackson, Jackson, Jennifer A.
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A comparative analysis of extraction protocol performance on degraded mammalian museum specimens
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The extraction of nucleic acids is one of the most routine procedures used in molecular biology laboratories, yet kit performance may influence the downstream processing of samples, particularly for samples which are degraded, and in low concentrations ...
Melissa T. R. Hawkins +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Isotopic analyses of the incrementally growing baleen in Mysticeti have been used to learn about their feeding and movement patterns. Using methods previously applied to Pacific minke whales, stable δ15N and δ13C isotope values were measured along the ...
Dafne Eerkes‐Medrano +2 more
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Hydration affects the physical and mechanical properties of baleen tissue [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Baleen, an anisotropic oral filtering tissue found only in the mouth of mysticete whales and made solely of alpha-keratin, exhibits markedly differing physical and mechanical properties between dried or (as in life) hydrated states.
Alexander J. Werth +4 more
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