Pathogen Exposure in White Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Svalbard, Norway [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 The Svalbard white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) population is one of the smallest in the world, making it particularly vulnerable to challenges such as climate change and pathogens.
Ingebjørg H. Nymo +7 more
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Characterization of a novel papillomavirus identified from a whale (Delphinapterus leucas) pharyngeal metagenomic library [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2023 Here, using viral metagenomic method, a novel whale papillomavirus (temporarily named wPV, GenBank accession number OP856597) was discovered in a whale (Delphinapterus leucas) pharyngeal metagenomic library.
Xiang Lu, Rong Zhu, Ziyuan Dai
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Possible niche compression and individual specialization in Pacific Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the 19th to 20th century [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Cetaceans have shown a potential to be used as sentinel species for tracking environmental change in marine ecosystems, yet our assessment of change is typically limited to recent decades and lacks ecological baselines. Using historical museum specimens,
Devin C. Fraleigh +4 more
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Midazolam and butorphanol combination for sedating beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). [PDF]
J Vet Med Sci, 2023 Safe sedation doses for performing minor procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, and tooth extraction for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) require elucidation. This study aimed to provide suggestions for determining appropriate midazolam and butorphanol doses to adequately sedate beluga whales to complete procedures and minimize the risk of ...
Kamio T +7 more
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Young Belugas Diversify Adult Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Behavior [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2015 Across the animal kingdom, immature animals are characterized by their playfulness and diversity of behavior, but are their actions enriching to adult conspecifics?
Heather Hill +4 more
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Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Novel Bubble Helix Play Behavior [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2014 Cetaceans demonstrate considerable ingenuity in their play with bubbles. Both wild and captive cetaceans have been reported to manipulate self-produced bubbles (Delfour & Aulagnier, 1997; Gewalt, 1989; Kuczaj, Makecha, Trone, Paulos, & Ramos, 2006 ...
Brittany L. Jones, Stan A. Kuczaj II
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The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2017 The beluga whale is a cetacean that inhabits arctic and subarctic regions, and is the only living member of the genus Delphinapterus. The genome of the beluga whale was determined using DNA sequencing approaches that employed both microfluidic partitioning library and non-partitioned library construction.
Jones SJM +31 more
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Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) behaviour in the presence of whale-watching vessels [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are social animals that return to the same estuaries each summer season. The Western Hudson Bay belugas in the Churchill River estuary appear to be attracted to boats, resulting in whale-watching being a popular ...
Kristin H. Westdal +6 more
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Contrasting new and available reference genomes to highlight uncertainties in assemblies and areas for future improvement: an example with monodontid species [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2023 Background Reference genomes provide a foundational framework for evolutionary investigations, ecological analysis, and conservation science, yet uncertainties in the assembly of reference genomes are difficult to assess, and by extension rarely ...
Trevor T. Bringloe, Geneviève J. Parent
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Adaptation processes in the auditory system of a beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The effects of prolonged sound stimuli (tone pip trains) on evoked potentials (the rate following response, RFR) were investigated in a beluga whale. The stimuli (rhythmic tone pips) were of 64 kHz frequency at levels from 80 to 140 dB re 1 μPa.
Vladimir V Popov +3 more
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