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Geometric factors influencing the diet of vertebrate predators in marine and terrestrial environments [PDF]

, 2014
Predator–prey relationships are vital to ecosystem function and there is a need for greater predictive understanding of these interactions. We develop a geometric foraging model predicting minimum prey size scaling in marine and terrestrial vertebrate ...
Bielby, Jon, Carbone, Chris, Clauss, Marcus, Codron, Daryl, Enquist, Brian, Scofield, Conrad   +5 more
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Indigenous communities and marine mammal tourism management: incorporating the perspectives of the indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism
IntroductionMany coastal and island indigenous people have long-standing important relationships with marine mammals. In many cases whales and dolphins have been viewed as spiritual beings with strong connections to indigenous people's histories, and ...
Yasmine M. Elmahdy, Mark Orams, Michael Lück, Heike Schänzel   +3 more
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Inflation and deflation pressure-volume loops in anesthetized pinnipeds confirms compliant chest and lungs

Frontiers in Physiology, 2014
We examined structural properties of the marine mammal respiratory system, and tested Scholander’s hypothesis that the chest is highly compliant by measuring the mechanical properties of the respiratory system in five species of pinniped under anesthesia
Andreas eFahlman, Stephen H Loring, Shawn P Johnson, Shawn P Johnson, Martin eHaulena, Andrew W Trites, Vanessa A Fravel, William George Van Bonn, William George Van Bonn   +8 more
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Ecosystem-based Management for Protected Species in the North Pacific Fisheries [PDF]

, 2011
In the North Pacific Ocean, an ecosystem-based fishery management approach has been adopted. A significant objective of this approach is to reduce interactions between fishery-related activities and protected species.
Heltzel, Jeannie M., Wilson, William J., Witherell, David   +2 more
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Post‐Release Survival and Behavioral Recovery of a Rehabilitated Short‐Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the South China Sea Revealed Through Satellite Tracking

Ecology and Evolution
Post‐release monitoring is critical for evaluating the success of rehabilitating stranded cetaceans, yet such data are scarce for many species in the South China Sea (SCS).
Mingming Liu, Mingli Lin, Agathe Serres, Mingyue Ouyang, Songhai Li   +4 more
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Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation [PDF]

PeerJ
Ice-associated seals rely on sea ice for a variety of activities, including pupping, breeding, molting, and resting. In the Arctic, many of these activities occur in spring (April through June) as sea ice begins to melt and retreat northward.
Josh M. London, Paul B. Conn, Stacie M. Koslovsky, Erin L. Richmond, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Michael F. Cameron, Justin A. Crawford, Andrew L. Von Duyke, Lori Quakenbush, Peter L. Boveng   +9 more
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A density surface model describing the habitat of the Critically Endangered Rice’s whale Balaenoptera ricei in the Gulf of Mexico

Endangered Species Research
The newly recognized Rice’s whale Balaenoptera ricei is among the most endangered large whale species in the world and primarily occupies a region near the continental shelf break in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (GoMex).
LP Garrison, MS Soldevilla, A Martinez, KD Mullin   +3 more
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Osmoregulation in Marine Mammals [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2001
SUMMARY Osmoregulation in marine mammals has been investigated for over a century; however, a review of recent advances in our understanding of water and electrolyte balance and of renal function in marine mammals is warranted. The following topics are discussed: (i) kidney structure and urine concentrating ability, (ii) sources of water,
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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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Spotted Seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska [PDF]

, 1997
The worldwide literature on management of spotted seals, Phoca largha, was reviewed and updated, and aerial surveys weref lown in 1992 and 1993 to determine the species' distribution and abundance in U.S. waters.
Rugh, David J., Shelden, Kim E. W., Withrow, David E.   +2 more
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