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Occurrence and Whistle Characteristics of Small Odontocetes in Two Coastal Regions of the Sea of Japan

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the occurrence and whistle characteristics of small odontocetes in Wakasa Bay and Aso Bay, located in the coastal waters of the Sea of Japan, where ecological data are limited. Passive acoustic monitoring using A‐tag and SoundTrap was conducted from 2022 to 2024, with detections on 8.8% and 12.4% of monitoring days at ...
Satoko S. Kimura, Shunsuke Shizuka, Mayu I. Ogawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Inside Waters of Vancouver Island Are Critical Foraging Habitat for West Coast Transient Killer Whales

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT West Coast Transient (WCT) killer whales (Orcinus orca rectipinnus) hunt marine mammals along the west coast of North America from California to southeastern Alaska. However, little information is available on their seasonal use of nearshore areas and the relative importance of different parts of their range.
Taryn M. Scarff, Jared R. Towers, Andrew W. Trites   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using marine mammal necropsy data in animal health surveillance: the case of the harbor porpoise in the Southern North Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science
Rapid changes of marine ecosystems resulting from human activities and climate change, and the subsequent reported rise of infectious diseases in marine mammals, highlight the urgency for timely detection of unusual health events negatively affecting ...
Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Jan van den Broek, Marja J. L. Kik, Mardik F. Leopold, Elisa Bravo Rebolledo, Andrea Gröne, Hans Heesterbeek   +6 more
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Update of the risk assessment on emerging and novel brominated flame retardants in food

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update its 2012 risk assessment on Emerging and Novel brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in food. Since the previous Opinion, further information was collected for a total of 27 BFRs. The CONTAM Panel concluded that TDBPP, DBPNG and TBNPA are considered genotoxic and carcinogenic.
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), Helle Katrine Knutsen, Agneta Åkesson, Vasileios Bampidis, Margherita Bignami, Laurent Bodin, James Kevin Chipman, Gisela Degen, Antonio Hernández‐Jerez, Tim Hofer, Christer Hogstrand, Stefano Landi, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Kyriaki Machera, Evangelia Ntzani, Isabelle P. Oswald, Guido Rychen, Salomon Sand, Katharina Vejdovszky, Barbara Viviani, Emilio Benfenati, Diane Benford, Andy Hart, Martin Rose, Henri Schroeder, Christiane Vleminckx, Martine Vrijheid, Edoardo Carnesecchi, Violetta Costanzo, Andrea Gissi, Eirini Kouloura, Luisa Ramos Bordajandi, Francesca Riolo, Christer Hogstrand   +33 more
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Avian influenza overview March–May 2026

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Between 28 February and 4 June 2026, 949 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (186) and wild (763) birds in 30 countries in Europe. The downward trend in the number of detections observed at the end of the previous reporting period continued and is expected to persist throughout the summer ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza (EURL), Hubert Buczkowski, Mariette Ducatez, Alice Fusaro, Jose L Gonzales, Thijs Kuiken, Gražina Mirinavičiūtė, Karl Ståhl, Christoph Staubach, Olov Svartström, Calogero Terregino, Katriina Willgert, Evelyn Alarcón, Lisa Kohnle   +15 more
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Intraspecific variation of cochlear morphology in bowhead and beluga whales

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 6, Page 1514-1529, June 2026.
Abstract The bony labyrinth of the petrosal bone, a distinctive feature of mammal skulls, is often identified in micro‐computed tomography imaging to infer species' physiological and ecological traits. When done as part of a comparative study, one individual specimen is normally considered representative of a species, and intraspecific variation is ...
John Peacock, J. G. M. Thewissen
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Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in competition is challenging. Scotland is an important area for two species of seals, but over the past 20 years, populations of harbour seals Phoca vitulina
Izzy Langley, Philip S. Hammond, Paul M. Thompson, Graham J. Pierce, Lindsay J. Wilson, Ailsa J. Hall, Gordon D. Hastie, Debbie J. F. Russell   +7 more
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Programmed unmanned aerial vehicles show great potential for monitoring marine megafauna in specific areas of interest

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, Issue 3, Page 368-387, June 2026.
Targeted conservation measures are contingent on robust knowledge of spatio‐temporal animal distribution in areas of interest. We explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transect monitoring as a novel method for standardized digital aerial surveys of marine megafauna by investigating the fine‐resolution spatio‐temporal distribution of harbour porpoises ...
Dinah Hartmann, Valdemar Palmqvist, Johanna Stedt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preserving an Imperiled Porpoise Through Pixels: Digitization of a Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Skeleton, the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2026.
Jamie L. Knaub, Brittany A. Dolan, Philip Unitt, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Tricia L. Meredith, Marianne E. Porter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal habitat‐based density models for a marine top predator, the harbor porpoise, in a dynamic environment

Ecosphere, 2016
Effective species conservation and management requires information on species distribution patterns, which is challenging for highly mobile and cryptic species that may be subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors across international boundaries ...
A. Gilles, S. Viquerat, E. A. Becker, K. A. Forney, S. C. V. Geelhoed, J. Haelters, J. Nabe‐Nielsen, M. Scheidat, U. Siebert, S. Sveegaard, F. M. vanBeest, R. vanBemmelen, G. Aarts   +12 more
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