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Diverse baleen whale acoustic occurrence around two sub-Antarctic islands: A tale of residents and visitors

Scientific Reports
Knowledge on the occurrence and behaviour of baleen whales around sub-Antarctic regions is limited, and usually based on short, seasonal sighting research from shore or research vessels and whaling records, neither of which provide accurate and ...
Fannie W. Shabangu, Tessa Munoz, Lora Van Uffelen, Bobbi J. Estabrook, Dawit Yemane, Kathleen M. Stafford, Trevor A. Branch, Els Vermeulen, Marcel A. van den Berg, Tarron Lamont   +9 more
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Responses of Antarctic seabird populations to past climate change

Ecography, EarlyView.
Higher‐order predators such as Antarctic seabirds serve as ecological indicators of environmental change and provide a crucial trophic link between marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Despite their prevalence and significance in the Antarctic ecosystem, there is a lack of understanding of the impacts of major regime shifts in paleoclimate on flighted ...
Elize Y. X. Ng, Louise Emmerson, Barbara Wienecke, Fabiola León Miranda, Colin Southwell, Juliana A. Vianna, Christopher P. Burridge   +6 more
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Archaeocete-like jaws in a baleen whale [PDF]

Biology Letters, 2011
The titanic baleen whales (Cetacea, Mysticeti) have a bizarre skull morphology, including an elastic mandibular symphysis, which permits dynamic oral cavity expansion during bulk feeding. How this key innovation evolved from the sutured symphysis of archaeocetes has remained unclear. Now, mandibles of the Oligocene toothed mysticete
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Oral cavity hydrodynamics and drag production in Balaenid whale suspension feeding. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Balaenid whales feed on large aggregates of small and slow-moving prey (predominantly copepods) through a filtration process enabled by baleen. These whales exhibit continuous filtration, namely, with the mouth kept partially opened and the baleen ...
Jean Potvin, Alexander J Werth
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Assessment of a non-invasive approach to pregnancy diagnosis in gray whales through drone-based photogrammetry and faecal hormone analysis

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Knowledge of baleen whales' reproductive physiology is limited and requires long-term individual-based studies and innovative tools. We used 6 years of individual-level data on the Pacific Coast Feeding Group gray whales to evaluate the utility of faecal
A. Fernandez Ajó, E. Pirotta, K. C. Bierlich, L. Hildebrand, C. N. Bird, K. E. Hunt, C. L. Buck, L. New, D. Dillon, L. G. Torres   +9 more
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Nanoplastics: Methods, Exposure and Effects on Domestic, Farm and Wild Animals

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanoplastics (NPs) are synthetic polymer particles ranging in size from 1 nm to 1 μm that have been identified as a major concern for ecosystems and organisms due to their plethora of negative effects. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the knowledge relating to exposure and effects of NPs in domestic (i.e., farm ...
B. De Felice, M. Bertazzo, A. F. Tabaran, M. Parolini, R. P. Popa, A. Pintea, L. J. Spicer, A‐L. Nagy, F. Caloni   +8 more
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Rhyming in the cold: first evidence of soniferous fishes in the Southern Ocean

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
The acoustic ecology of Southern Ocean fishes remains unknown due to a lack of dedicated acoustic research on the fishes of this ocean. Passive acoustic monitoring data were collected at the South African sub‐Antarctic Prince Edward Islands using an underwater acoustic recorder, and towed underwater Ski‐Monkey cameras were deployed to identify fish ...
Fannie W. Shabangu, Grant van der Heever, Charles von der Meden, Hannah Truter, Stephen J. Lamberth, Ofer Gon   +5 more
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Multi‐Platform Deployments of Low‐Cost Devices for Cetacean Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Recent advances in affordable, user‐friendly devices offer new opportunities to overcome cost constraints of underwater passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and expand acoustic data collection. In this study, we deployed low‐cost acoustic recorders and underwater cameras across a range of platforms in the Western Mediterranean, including fishing gear ...
Greta Jankauskaite, François Poisson, Irati Abascal, Javier Menéndez‐Blázquez, Clara Cánovas Pérez, Sofia Conti, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Juan Antonio Raga, David March   +8 more
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Blubber Thickening Driven by UCP1 Inactivation: Insights from a Cetacean‐Like Transgenic Mouse Model

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
UCP1 inactivation of cetaceans in mice drives BAT whitening and iWAT hyperplasia, promoting fat accumulation for aquatic adaptation. Abstract Cetaceans possess thick blubber, a specialized adipose tissue essential for thermal insulation, a streamlined body form, energy storage, and buoyancy. However, the mechanisms that underpin this adaptation are not
Qian Zhang, Yuehua Wang, Hang Zhang, Guiping Xu, Shixia Xu, Guang Yang   +5 more
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Maximizing eDNA detections of rare marine organisms: A case study of a delphinid species

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for surveying marine organisms. Advances in molecular assay designs and bioinformatic methods provide new opportunities for detecting rare species; however, overcoming methodological challenges of rare species detection remains an important obstacle for the widespread deployment of eDNA methods for ...
Nastassia V. Patin, Eiren K. Jacobson, Zachary Gold, Amy M. Van Cise, Julie Dinasquet, Bryce Ellman, Robert H. Lampe, Anne Schulberg, Noelle Bowlin, Ryan Freedman, Erin Satterthwaite, Andrew E. Allen, Brice X. Semmens   +12 more
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