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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic +10 more
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Cetacean Skull Telescoping Brings Evolution of Cranial Sutures into Focus
The Anatomical Record, 2019 Many modifications to the mammalian bauplan associated with the obligate aquatic lives of cetaceans—fusiform bodies, flukes, flippers, and blowholes—are evident at a glance.
R. Roston, V. Roth
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Comparative Genomics and Functional Evidence for Convergent Adaptation to Hypoxia in Mammals
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study reveals convergent selection in mammals adapted to hypoxia. Functional assays demonstrate that amino acid mutations reduce oxidative stress, attenuate hypoxia‐induced injury, and modulate the hypoxia‐inducible transcription factor (HIF)‐driven hypoxic response.
Hao Dong +5 more
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Predicting cetacean abundance and distribution in a changing climate
Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2018 Changes in abundance and shifts in distribution as a result of a warming climate have been documented for many marine species, but opportunities to test our ability to forecast such changes have been limited.
E. Becker +6 more
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Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer +20 more
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Ocean and Coastal Management, 2019 Identifying and evaluating potentially suitable tools to assess the status of cetaceans in coastal waters with high levels of anthropogenic threat represents a first step towards effective conservation management.
Mingli Lin +7 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 +12 more
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Cache‐Cache: Dans les souffles du Grand Fleuve…
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between ventriloquism and divination, devotion and consecration, an old and sublime marine game unfolds each day, with living breaths shared in the waters of the great river. In Tadoussac, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary, at the mouth of the Saguenay, the rumor of whales has long resonated.
David Jaclin +3 more
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Assessing cetacean surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea: a gap analysis in environmental space
Scientific Reports, 2018 Heterogeneous data collection in the marine environment has led to large gaps in our knowledge of marine species distributions. To fill these gaps, models calibrated on existing data may be used to predict species distributions in unsampled areas, given ...
L. Mannocci +26 more
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