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Streptococcal Infections in Marine Mammals [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Marine mammals are sentinels for the marine ecosystem and threatened by numerous factors including infectious diseases. One of the most frequently isolated bacteria are beta-hemolytic streptococci.
Daniela Numberger, Ursula Siebert, Marcus Fulde, Peter Valentin-Weigand   +3 more
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Book Review: Marine Mammal Species of India [PDF]

, 2012
The charismatic marine mammals of Indian waters which include the majestic whales, intelligent dolphins and endearing sea cows are among the least known of the marine living resources.
V. Kripa
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Platelet phosphatidylserine exposure and microparticle production as health bioindicators in marine mammals [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
In human medicine, various pathologies, including decompression sickness, thrombocytopenia, and rheumatoid arthritis, have been linked to changes in cellular microparticles (MP) formation, particularly platelet microparticles (PMP).
Mar Felipo-Benavent, Mar Felipo-Benavent, Mónica Valls, Maria Céu Monteiro, Beatriz Jávega, Daniel García-Párraga, Daniel García-Párraga, Consuelo Rubio-Guerri, Consuelo Rubio-Guerri, Alicia Martínez-Romero, José-Enrique O’Connor   +10 more
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Minding the Minds: A Primer on Cognitive Challenge for Marine Mammals in Human Care [PDF]

Animals
The past several decades have witnessed significant improvement in the physical welfare of marine mammals in zoos and aquariums. Over that same time period, research has revealed complex cognitive abilities in at least some of these species, yet there ...
Kelly Jaakkola
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Blood rheology in marine mammals [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2010
The field of blood oxygen transport and delivery to tissues has been studied by comparative physiologists for many decades. Within this general area, the particular differences in oxygen delivery between marine and terrestrial mammals has focused mainly ...
Michael Castellini, Oguz Baskurt, Judith M Castellini, Herbert J Meiselman   +3 more
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Using quantile regression and relative entropy to assess the period of anomalous behavior of marine mammals following tagging. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Nielsen LR, Tervo OM, Blackwell SB, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Ditlevsen S.   +4 more
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Spatial Distribution and Encounter Rates of Delphinids and Deep Diving Cetaceans in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Turkey and the Extent of Overlap With Areas of Dense Marine Traffic

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Marine traffic has been identified as a serious threat to Mediterranean cetaceans with few mitigation strategies in place. With only limited research effort within the Eastern Basin, neither baseline species knowledge nor the magnitude of threats have ...
Tim Awbery, Tim Awbery, Aylin Akkaya, Aylin Akkaya, Patrick Lyne, Laura Rudd, Gemma Hoogenstrijd, Madeleine Nedelcu, David Kniha, Mehmet Akif Erdoğan, Cherisse Persad, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Bayram Öztürk   +12 more
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Initial results on the variation of whistle characteristics of bottlenose dolphins from two neighbouring regions of the Mediterranean Sea: Northern Ionian and Southern Adriatic Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Bottlenose dolphins have a complex vocal repertoire that varies depending on behavioral context, social structure, group composition, and anthropogenic pressures.
Aylin Akkaya, Tim Awbery, Tim Awbery, Kirsty Medcalf, Patrick Lyne, Giulia Cipriano, Morgana Alvarenga, Leyla İsrapilova, Yağmur Atalan, Olivier Eikelenboom, Pasquale Ricci, Roberto Crugliano, Elena Papale, Carmelo Fanizza, Roberto Carlucci   +14 more
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Epidemiological and genetic analysis of Cetacean Morbillivirus circulating on the Italian coast between 2018 and 2021

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) has caused several outbreaks, unusual mortality events, and interepidemic single-lethal disease episodes in the Mediterranean Sea.
Ignacio Vargas-Castro, Simone Peletto, Virginia Mattioda, Maria Goria, Laura Serracca, Katia Varello, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Roberto Puleio, Fabio Di Nocera, Giuseppe Lucifora, Pierluigi Acutis, Cristina Casalone, Carla Grattarola, Federica Giorda   +13 more
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A hierarchical distance sampling model to estimate spatially explicit sea otter density

Ecosphere, 2021
Wildlife managers often rely on analyses conducted prior to the widespread adoption of hierarchical models which can lead to questions about the accuracy of previous inferences.
Ryan R. Wilson, Michelle St. Martin, William S. Beatty   +2 more
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