The diatoms test in veterinary medicine: a pilot study on cetaceans and sea turtles [PDF]
, 2018 Fishing activities are considered one of the most relevant threats for cetaceans and sea turtles con- servation since these animals are sometimes found dead entangled in fishing gears.
Barbieri, Stefania +11 more
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Cetaceans and cetacean research in India
J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2023 The diversity of cetacean species in Indian waters is high, with 25 species recorded so far. Records of cetaceans from India during the last 200 years have provided insights into their spatiotemporal distribution, behaviour, feeding, reproduction, fishery interaction and pollution.
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Review of Attached Acoustic Behavior Recorders for Cetaceans
水下无人系统学报, 2023 After tens of millions of years of evolution, cetaceans have relied on advanced sonar systems for hunting, detection, communication, positioning, and underwater navigation.
Song-zuo LIU +6 more
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Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy [PDF]
, 2016 A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy.
Camm\ue0, Cesare +8 more
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Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) observed during land-based surveys in The Minch, north-west Scotland [PDF]
, 2013 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Dolman, Sarah J. +4 more
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Composition of cetacean communities worldwide shapes their contribution to ocean nutrient cycling
Nature Communications, 2023 Defecation by large whales is known to fertilise oceans with nutrients, stimulating phytoplankton and ecosystem productivity. However, our current understanding of these processes is limited to a few species, nutrients and ecosystems.
Lola Gilbert +4 more
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Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2007 The local knowledge of human populations about the natural world has been addressed through ethnobiological studies, especially concerning resources uses and their management. Several criteria, such as morphology, ecology, behavior, utility and salience,
Souza Shirley P, Begossi Alpina
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Marine traffic has been identified as a serious threat to Mediterranean cetaceans with few mitigation strategies in place. With only limited research effort within the Eastern Basin, neither baseline species knowledge nor the magnitude of threats have ...
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Environmental enrichment for Killer whales Orcinus orca at zoological institutions: untried and untested [PDF]
, 2017 Despite a history in zoological institutions stretching back more than 50 years, with associated improvements in husbandry and breeding, the keeping of Killer whales Orcinus orca in zoos and aquariums has become highly controversial.
Kitchener, A.C., Law, G.
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Adaptive evolution of the Hox gene family for development in bats and dolphins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bats and cetaceans (i.e., whales, dolphins, porpoises) are two kinds of mammals with unique locomotive styles and occupy novel niches. Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight in the sky, while cetaceans have returned to the aquatic ...
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