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Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol, 2022
Cabrera AA, Schall E, Bérubé M, Anderwald P, Bachmann L, Berrow S, Best PB, Clapham PJ, Cunha HA, Dalla Rosa L, Dias C, Findlay KP, Haug T, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Hoelzel AR, Kovacs KM, Landry S, Larsen F, Lopes XM, Lydersen C, Mattila DK, Oosting T, Pace RM, Papetti C, Paspati A, Pastene LA, Prieto R, Ramp C, Robbins J, Sears R, Secchi ER, Silva MA, Simon M, Víkingsson G, Wiig Ø, Øien N, Palsbøll PJ.   +36 more
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Productivity in American Whaling: The New Bedford Fleet in the Nineteenth Century [PDF]

From the end of the War of 1812 until the Civil War the New Bedford whaling fleet grew spectacularly; thereafter it declined, equally spectacularly. By the end of the century New Bedford's day was over.
Lance Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Teresa Hutchins   +2 more
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Migrating eastern North Pacific gray whale call and blow rates estimated from acoustic recordings, infrared camera video, and visual sightings. [PDF]

, 2019
During the eastern North Pacific gray whale 2014-2015 southbound migration, acoustic call recordings, infrared blow detections, and visual sightings were combined to estimate cue rates, needed to convert detections into abundance. The gray whale acoustic
D'Spain, Gerald L, Durban, John W, Europe, Hollis M, Guazzo, Regina A, Hildebrand, John A, Weller, David W   +5 more
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Surviving a Dark Age: The Oldest Baleen-Bearing Whales (Cetacea: Chaeomysticeti) of Pacific South America (Lower Miocene, Peru)

Life
The evolution of baleen whales (Mysticeti) comprises two main phases, namely, (i) a Paleogene phase, which saw the diversification of stem lineages, and (ii) a Neogene phase, dominated by modern-looking, toothless, baleen-bearing forms in the ...
Francesco Nobile, Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Eli Amson, Mark Bosselaers, Giulia Bosio, Luca Pellegrino, Elisa Malinverno, Claudio Di Celma, Mario Urbina, Alberto Collareta   +10 more
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Structure and optics of the anterior segment of the cetacean eye : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy at Massey University [PDF]

, 1999
The anterior segment of the mammalian eye is concerned with the function and maintenance of its optical components, the most important of these being the maintenance of transparency and stable intraocular pressure.
Mellor, Lynda
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In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906 [PDF]

Karin Gleiter, Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman   +2 more
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Decadal-scale phenology and seasonal climate drivers of migratory baleen whales in a rapidly warming marine ecosystem. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol, 2022
Pendleton DE, Tingley MW, Ganley LC, Friedland KD, Mayo C, Brown MW, McKenna BE, Jordaan A, Staudinger MD.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Male humpback whales switch to singing in the presence of seismic air guns

Communications Biology
Ocean noise produced by seismic exploration has been implicated in causing changes in baleen whale hearing, physiology, feeding, breeding, and migratory behaviours.
Rebecca Dunlop, Michael Noad
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Ecological and Economic Tradeoffs Between Herring Fisheries and Whale Watching in New England [PDF]

, 2014
The whale-watching industry is an important component of the New England regional economy with about one million tourism visitors. Humpback whales are the most popular whale-watching targets, whose primary activity in this area is feeding that mainly on ...
Yan, Lingxiao
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Darwin and evolution: a set of activities based on the evolution of mammals [PDF]

, 2010
These activities, prepared for key stage 5 students (ages 16-18) and also suitable for key stage 4 (ages 14-16), show that physical appearance is not necessarily the best way to classify mammals.
Haresnape, Janet
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