Role, importance and vulnerability of top predators on the Great Barrier Reef: a review [PDF]
, 2010 The purpose of this review is to evaluate the ecological role of predators on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), their vulnerability to human activities and their contribution to ecosystem and economic values.
Ayling, T., Ceccarelli, D.
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Echolocation signals of Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) [PDF]
, 2011 Field recordings of echolocation signals produced by Heaviside's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) were made off the coast of South Africa using a hydrophone array system.
Akamatsu, T +5 more
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Fishers’ knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast [PDF]
, 2015 Data derived from studies of fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) can be invaluable to the proposal of new studies and more appropriate management strategies.
Alpina Begossi +5 more
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Evolution of group size in the dolphins and porpoises: interspecific consistency of intraspecific patterns [PDF]
, 2017 I investigated group size variability in dolphins and porpoises using intraspecific comparisons. Explanatory factors considered in the analysis were variables of the physical environment, the diet, and the life history of the species.
Gygax, Lorenz
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Genomic and structural investigation on dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) in Mediterranean fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). [PDF]
, 2017 Dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) has been deemed as one of the most relevant threats for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) being responsible for a mortality outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea in the last years.
Beffagna, Giorgia +4 more
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CoastsThe white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is the second most frequently stranded cetacean species along the Danish coastline. The northern North Sea, the Skagerrak, the Kattegat and the Danish straits are part of the species distributional ...
Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup +10 more
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Social behaviour of dolphins [PDF]
, 2011 Dupini (Delphinidae) su najraznovrsnija porodica morskih sisavaca. Spadaju u red kitova (Cetacea). Niz specifičnih prilagodbi na život u moru, vrlo razvijen mozak i izrazita inteligencija ih izdvaja od ostalih skupina sisavaca.
Nikšić, Sara
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Environmental DNAEnvironmental DNA metabarcoding (eDNA) is emerging as a pivotal tool for assessing and monitoring marine biodiversity, exhibiting significant promise for the detection of marine mammals.
Natacha Nikolic +7 more
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Interspecific hybridization in pilot whales and asymmetric genetic introgression in northern Globicephala melas under the scenario of global warming [PDF]
, 2016 © The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in PLoS One 11 (2016): e0160080, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160080 .Pilot whales are two cetacean ...
Garcia-Vazquez, Eva +4 more
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A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the Western North Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
, 2009 This study reviews and describes all known fossils of Alcidae from the Miocene of the western North Atlantic. Because the majority of alcid fossils recovered from Miocene sediments are allied with the genus Miocepphus Wetmore, 1940, the genus is revised ...
Olson, S.L., Wijnker, T.G.
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