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Cardiac assessments of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following exposure to Deepwater Horizon oil.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill profoundly impacted the health of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Barataria Bay, LA (BB). To comprehensively assess the cardiac health of dolphins living within the DWH oil spill footprint, techniques for
Barbara K Linnehan, Forrest M Gomez, Sharon M Huston, Adonia Hsu, Ryan Takeshita, Kathleen M Colegrove, Craig A Harms, Ashley Barratclough, Alissa C Deming, Teri K Rowles, Whitney B Musser, Eric S Zolman, Randall S Wells, Eric D Jensen, Lori H Schwacke, Cynthia R Smith   +15 more
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Drone-Based Assessment of Marine Megafauna off Wave-Exposed Sandy Beaches

Remote Sensing, 2023
The wave-impacted waters off exposed sandy beaches support marine megafauna, including dolphins, whales, sharks, rays and turtles. To characterise variation in megafaunal assemblages in this challenging habitat, we used drone-based remote sensing to ...
Brendan P. Kelaher, Kim I. Monteforte, Stephen G. Morris, Thomas A. Schlacher, Duane T. March, James P. Tucker, Paul A. Butcher   +6 more
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Methodology and Neuromarkers for Cetaceans’ Brains

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Cetacean brain sampling may be an arduous task due to the difficulty of collecting and histologically preparing such rare and large specimens. Thus, one of the main challenges of working with cetaceans’ brains is to establish a valid methodology for an ...
Simona Sacchini, Pedro Herráez, Manuel Arbelo, Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, Eva Sierra, Miguel Rivero, Cristiano Bombardi, Antonio Fernández   +7 more
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A Dolphin is a Dolphin is a Dolphin? Multimedia Enriched Learning Objects in NEMO [PDF]

2009 Ninth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009
In this paper we present a concept for integrating Multimedia-Enriched Learning Objects (MELOs) within a unifying technological framework for schools. First, we discuss the general role of objects for child development and learning. We then outline the framework architecture of the proposed Networked Environment for Multimedia Objects (NEMO ...
Silke Günther, Benjamin Feldner, Felix Schmitt, Thomas Winkler, Michael Herczeg   +4 more
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Distribution of Cetaceans in the Canary Islands (Northeast Atlantic Ocean): Implications for the Natura 2000 Network and Future Conservation Measures

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The waters of the Canary Islands are considered a hotspot for marine biodiversity, especially regarding cetacean species. Based on this fact, this study pays attention to the spatial distribution pattern of cetacean species and the conservation role of ...
Inma Herrera, Inma Herrera, Manuel Carrillo, Marcial Cosme de Esteban, Ricardo Haroun   +4 more
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First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]

, 2010
In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Boer, M.N., de
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Swimming with captive dolphins: current debates and post-experience dissonance [PDF]

, 2007
Dolphins have widespread contemporary appeal and anthropomorphic social representations of dolphins have fuelled a growing desire in tourist populations to seek interaction with them.
Ackerman, Adelman, Barney, Beardsworth, British Broadcasting Association (BBC), Broad, Broom, Bryld, Bulbeck, CAPS, Chin, CITES, Cloke, Cochrane, Crang, Curtin, Davis, DeMares, Desmond, Dierauf, Dimopoulos, Dold, Evans, Fjellman, Foxhall, Franklin, Frohoff, Frohoff, Frohoff, Hanes, Hediger, Higham, Horne, Hughes, Hughes, Johnson, Kestin, Kestin, Kestin, Kirtland, Kyngdon, Lockyer, Marine Connection, Marine Connection, Marine Connection, Markowitz, Mazet, McBain, MORI, Morris, Moustakas, Muloin, Myers, Nollman, Orams, Orams, Patton, Reeves, Relph, Rose, Samuels, Schanzel, Small, Small, Stephan, Suvantola, The Travel Foundation, The Whale Foundation, Thomson, Thomsons (TUI), Trone, Wang, Waples, WDCS, WDCS, WDCS, Webb, Webb, Wilson, Woodley, WSPA, Zilber   +81 more
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Comparison of nephrolithiasis prevalence in two bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2013
In humans, ammonium urate nephrolithiasis is rare in the Western hemisphere and more common in Japan and developing countries. Among a variety of risk factors, insulin resistance has been associated with urate nephrolithiasis in people.
Cynthia Rowe Smith, Stephanie eVenn-Watson, Randall S. Wells, Shawn P. Johnson, Natalie eMaffeo, Brian C. Balmer, Eric D. Jensen, Forrest eTownsend, Khashayar eSakhaee   +8 more
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Play in dolphins [PDF]

Current Biology, 2015
Movie S1. A bottlenose dolphin at Zoo Duisburg in Germany using its tail to produce a bubble ring that is travelling downwards in the water columnThe animal inspects the bubble ring and towards the end of the video destroys it by biting the bubbles.
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A kinematic study on (un)intentional imitation in bottlenose dolphins [PDF]

, 2015
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of observing other's movements on subsequent performance in bottlenose dolphins. The imitative ability of non-human animals has intrigued a number of researchers.
Bulgheroni, Maria, Castiello, Umberto, Sartori, Luisa, Tizzi, Raffaella   +3 more
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