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Challenges of Whale Watching and Swim With Dolphins in Mexico

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Mexico is one of the top 10 whale-watching destinations in the world. The target species for “whale watching” (WW) are the gray whale, blue whale, humpback whale, and fin whale; the target species for “swim with dolphins” (SWD) are the bottlenose dolphin,
R. Jorge Urbán, Lorena Viloria-Gómora
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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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Reduction of Species Identification Errors in Surveys of Marine Wildlife Abundance Utilising Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Remote Sensing, 2022
The advent of unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) has enhanced our capacity to survey wildlife abundance, yet new protocols are still required for collecting, processing, and analysing image-type observations.
Eyal Bigal, Ori Galili, Itai van Rijn, Massimiliano Rosso, Christophe Cleguer, Amanda Hodgson, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Tchernov   +7 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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A Fish and Dolphin Biophony in the Boat Noise-Dominated Soundscape of the Cres-Lošinj Archipelago (Croatia)

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Spatio-temporal variability of marine soundscapes reflects environmental dynamics and local habitat health. This study characterizes the coastal soundscape of the Cres-Lošinj Natura 2000 Site of Community Importance, encompassing the non-tourist (11–15 ...
Marta Picciulin, Marta Bolgan, Nikolina Rako-Gospić, Antonio Petrizzo, Marko Radulović, Raffaela Falkner   +5 more
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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 ...
ACA Hope, Andrea Rotta, BL Chilvers, CM Johnson, D Lusseau, D Lusseau, D Lusseau, D Spiegelhalter, E Gilman, E Massutí, E Papale, E Pirotta, E Pirotta, E Wafo, G Bearzi, G Hernandez-Milian, G Notarbartolo di Sciara, G Stefánsson, Graham J. Pierce, H Rue, I Campana, J Gonzalvo, J Mann, J Mann, JM Brotons, JP Dobler, KC Buckstaff, KJ Benoit-Bird, L Bejder, L Bejder, LF New, M Lemon, M Morisita, M. Amparo Pérez Roda, Maria Grazia Pennino, MG Pennino, MG Pennino, MI Sini, N Rako, R Development Core Team, RS Wells, RS Wells, S Banerjee, S Nowacek   +43 more
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The ability of artisanal fishers to recognize the dolphins they cooperate with

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background Human-animal interactions with mutual benefits in the wild are rare. Such positive interactions seem to require an intricate knowledge from the human side on the animals’ behavior and their habitat.
Daiane S. X. da Rosa, Natalia Hanazaki, Maurício Cantor, Paulo C. Simões-Lopes, Fábio G. Daura-Jorge   +4 more
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Defining Wound Healing Progression in Cetacean Skin: Characteristics of Full-Thickness Wound Healing in Fraser’s Dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei)

Animals, 2022
Cetaceans are tight-skinned mammals that exhibit an extraordinary capacity to heal deep soft tissue injuries. However, essential information of large full-thickness wound healing in cetaceans is still lacking.
Chen-Yi Su, Michael W. Hughes, Tzu-Yu Liu, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Hao-Ven Wang, Wei-Cheng Yang   +5 more
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Cetaceans and sea turtles in the northern region of the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor: abundance and multi-model habitat suitability analysis

Frontiers in Marine Science
The Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor is one of the largest marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea. Nevertheless, little is known about the abundance and distribution of cetaceans and sea turtles in the area.
Luis Cardona, Natalia Amigó, Jazel Ouled-Cheikh, Manel Gazo, Carla A. Chicote   +4 more
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Too Close for Comfort? Isotopic Niche Segregation in New Zealand’s Odontocetes

Biology, 2022
Species occurring in sympatry and relying on similar and limited resources may partition resource use to avoid overlap and interspecific competition.
Katharina J. Peters, Sarah J. Bury, Bethany Hinton, Emma L. Betty, Déborah Casano-Bally, Guido J. Parra, Karen A. Stockin   +6 more
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