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Comparative review of entanglement risk assessments for cetacean conservation and management

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cetacean entanglement in fishing gear remains a major global threat that exposes persistent gaps in how fisheries management frameworks manage risk to nontarget species. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) offers a structured way to link exposure and consequences to an explicit statement of risk, but entanglement risk assessments vary widely in ...
Laura Joan Feyrer, Clair Evers, Hilary Moors‐Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding the right fit: Comparative cetacean distribution models using multiple data sources and statistical approaches

Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2018
Accurate predictions of cetacean distributions are essential to their conservation but are limited by statistical challenges and a paucity of data. This study aimed at comparing the capacity of various statistical algorithms to deal with biases commonly ...
Solène Derville, L. Torres, C. Iovan, C. Garrigue   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative species distribution model framework for marine conservation and its application to loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Modeling species distributions in dynamic pelagic environments remains challenging, particularly for wide‐ranging and highly mobile species when there is limited guidance on model performance. This limitation constrains the effective use of species distribution models (SDMs) in marine conservation, where robust and transferable predictions are
E. Pasanisi, F. Maffucci, F. Atzori, M. Azzolin, I. Campana, L. Carosso, A. Castelli, M. Costantino, R. Crosti, L. David, N. Di‐Meglio, M. Farina, N. Fraija‐Fernández, O. Garcia‐Garin, M. Gazo, M. Gregorietti, F. Grossi, S. Hochscheid, R. Míguez‐Lozano, A. Moulins, D. S. Pace, M. Pecoraro, E. Pignata, J. A. Raga, M. Roul, E. Santini, G. Sarà, A. Scuderi, R. Teti, P. Tepsich, M. Vitale, M. Vighi, A. Arcangeli   +32 more
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Habitat-based cetacean density models for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Scientific Reports, 2016
Cetaceans are protected worldwide but vulnerable to incidental harm from an expanding array of human activities at sea. Managing potential hazards to these highly-mobile populations increasingly requires a detailed understanding of their seasonal ...
J. Roberts, B. Best, B. Best, L. Mannocci, E. Fujioka, P. Halpin, D. Palka, L. Garrison, K. Mullin, T. Cole, C. Khan, W. Mclellan, D. Pabst, G. Lockhart   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lack of Compliance in Gillnet Fisheries Regulations Increases Risk to a Vulnerable Species

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of regulatory compliance in a Brazilian gillnet fishery, based on Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) tracking data. Satellite transmissions records, interpreted as proxies for gillnet haulings events, were analyzed and classified using a neural network to assess the level of compliance of the gillnet fleet.
Rodrigo Claudino dos Santos, Eduardo R. Secchi, Joanna Turner, Luis Gustavo Cardoso   +3 more
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Isolation and Identification of Erysipelothrix sp. in Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × E. lanceolatus) in Taiwan

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In February 2025, a mortality event of unknown aetiology occurred at a hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × Epinephelus lanceolatus) aquaculture farm in southern Taiwan, with sporadic daily deaths persisting for a month. Four moribund groupers were collected over three sampling intervals for diagnostic investigation.
Shang‐Ting Wu, Yu‐Siang Lin, Chia‐Yu Hsieh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guiana Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event and Link to Cetacean Morbillivirus, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
During November–December 2017, a mass die-off of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Molecular and pathologic investigations on 20 animals indicated that cetacean morbillivirus played a major role.
K. Groch, E. Santos-Neto, J. Díaz-Delgado, Joana M. P. Ikeda, R. Carvalho, Raissa B. Oliveira, E. B. Guari, T. Bisi, A. Azevedo, J. Lailson‐Brito, J. Catão-Dias   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stranded cetaceans

Animal Welfare, 1994
The RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has produced a second edition of its stranded whales booklet. The first version was published out of the RSPCA's 1983 Stranded Whale Workshop and this 1994 edition incorporates additional information from a follow-up seminar run by the Society in November 1992.
openaire   +1 more source

Postcranial anatomy of the Miocene hippopotamoids of Toros‐Menalla, Chad

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We establish a framework for the identification of postcranial remains in hippopotamoids by describing and comparing for the first time two late Miocene hippopotamoids from Toros‐Menalla, Chad (Hexaprotodon garyam, an early hippopotamid, and Libycosaurus bahri, the last African anthracothere) with the common hippopotamus.
Lorenzo Scribano, Fabrice Lihoreau, Alexandra Houssaye, Clarisse Nekoulnang Djetounako, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletons of swiftly swimming sharks: Three‐dimensional analysis of lamniform vertebral morphology and mineral architecture

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We examined morphology, 3D arrangement, and mineral amount in cartilaginous vertebrae from four lamniform shark families (Alopiidae, Carchariidae, Cetorhinidae, and Lamnidae). We identified family‐specific mineralization trends, and regional patterning of structures along the column.
Jamie L. Knaub, Madisan Biordi, Emma Pawlik, Michelle Passerotti, Lisa J. Natanson, Tricia Meredith, Marianne Porter   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source