Effects of vessel traffic on relative abundance and behaviour of cetaceans : the case of the bottlenose dolphins in the Archipelago de La Maddalena, north-western Mediterranean sea [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements This study was part of the Tursiops Project of the Dolphin Research Centre of Caprera, La Maddalena. Financial and logistical support was provided by the Centro Turistico Studentesco (CTS) and by the National Park of the Archipelago de ...
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A phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Recent studies have reported multiple cases of molecular adaptation in cetaceans related to their aquatic abilities. However, none of these has included the hippopotamus, precluding an understanding of whether molecular adaptations in cetaceans occurred ...
Georgia Tsagkogeorga +6 more
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Anthropogenic Sound Exposure-Induced Stress in Captive Dolphins and Implications for Cetacean Health
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Many cetaceans are exposed to increasing pressure caused by anthropogenic activities in their marine environment. Anthropogenic sound has been recognized as a possible stressor for cetaceans that may have impacts on health.
Wei-Cheng Yang +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Major protein components of the mammalian skin barrier are encoded by genes clustered in the Epidermal Differentiation Complex (EDC). The skin of cetaceans, i.e.
Karin Brigit Holthaus +4 more
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Animals, 2022 Pain, usually caused by a strong or disruptive stimulus, is an unpleasant sensation that serves as a warning to organisms. To adapt to extreme environments, some terrestrial animals have evolved to be inherently insensitive to pain.
Xiaoyue Ding +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Deep-habitat cetaceans are generally difficult to study, leading to a limited knowledge of their population. This paper assesses the differential distribution patterns of three deep-habitat cetaceans (Sperm whale—Physeter macrocephalus, Risso’s dolphin ...
Estefanía Torreblanca +6 more
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Urgent assessment needed to evaluate potential impacts on cetaceans from deep seabed mining
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Deep seabed mining operations, if permitted, could present significant risks to ocean ecosystems. Disturbance on any scale is likely to be long lasting and irreversible.
Kirsten F. Thompson +7 more
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Bycatch in Cetaceans from the North-Western Mediterranean Sea: Retrospective Study of Lesions and Utility of Bycatch Criteria [PDF]
Vet SciMartino L +5 more
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Sightings of Cetaceans in the waters of Yuzhny Sea Port (Hryhorivsky Estuary, Black Sea) in 2015–2016 [PDF]
Праці Теріологічної школи, 2016 The use of transformed coastal ecosystems by the Black Sea cetaceans is an important, but little studied issue. In 2015–2016, coastal visual observations of cetaceans were conducted in the waters of Yuzhny Sea Port.
Оksana Savenko +3 more
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Decompressive Pathology in Cetaceans Based on an Experimental Pathological Model
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Decompression sickness (DCS) is a widely known clinical syndrome in human medicine, mainly in divers, related to the formation of intravascular and extravascular gas bubbles.
Alicia Velázquez-Wallraf +6 more
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