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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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The effect of biologging systems on reproduction, growth and survival of adult sea turtles

Movement Ecology, 2019
Background Telemetry and biologging systems, ‘tracking’ hereafter, have been instrumental in meeting the challenges associated with studying the ecology and behaviour of cryptic, wide-ranging marine mega-vertebrates.
Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Wayne J. Fuller, Brendan J. Godley, Robin T. E. Snape, Annette C. Broderick   +4 more
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A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are critically endangered, and declines have been documented at multiple nesting sites throughout the Pacific. The western Pacific leatherback forages in temperate and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific
Scott R. Benson, Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, Erin L. LaCasella, James T. Harvey, James V. Carretta   +5 more
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The effects of vessel speed and size on the lethality of strikes of large whales in U.S. waters

Frontiers in Marine Science
Vessel strikes are a substantial source of mortality for large whales worldwide and may pose conservation threats for small populations. Model-based estimates of mortality rates, which inform management strategies to reduce vessel strike mortality ...
Lance P. Garrison, Niki E. Lisi, Meghan Gahm, Eric M. Patterson, Hannah Blondin, Hannah Blondin, Caroline P. Good   +6 more
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Change of perspective: using aerial surveys to identify human-turtle interactions in the Ningaloo Marine Park [PDF]

, 2009
Shore-based turtle tourism is emerging as a popular activity for independent travellers during the summer months in the Ningaloo Marine Park, yet little is known about the spatial extent of human-turtle interactions and their impact on nesting marine ...
Newsome, D., Lee, D., Waayers, D.
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Nasal soft‐tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Although ceratopsid dinosaurs possess a characteristically hypertrophied narial region, soft‐tissue anatomy associated with such a skeletal structure and their biological significance remain poorly understood. The present study provides the first comprehensive hypothesis on the soft‐tissue anatomy in the ceratopsid rostrum based on the Extant ...
Seishiro Tada, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Hiroki Ishikawa, Noriyuki Wakimizu, Soichiro Kawabe, Kodai Sakane   +5 more
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Killer whales in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic off the Southeastern United States

Frontiers in Marine Science
Killer whales occur in the Gulf of Mexico (GoMex) and the North Atlantic, including off the southeastern United States (SEUS). Data from cetacean surveys during 1990 – 2021 and other sources were combined to assess killer whale biology, including spatial
Kevin P. Barry, Keith D. Mullin, Katherine Maze-Foley, Katherine Maze-Foley, Lynsey A. Wilcox Talbot, Patricia E. Rosel, Melissa S. Soldevilla, Laura Aichinger Dias, Laura Aichinger Dias, M. Rafael Ramírez-León, Jenny A. Litz   +10 more
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Marine mammals and sea turtles listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act are recovering.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a powerful environmental law protecting imperiled plants and animals, and a growing number of marine species have been protected under this law as extinction risk in the oceans has increased.
Abel Valdivia, Shaye Wolf, Kieran Suckling   +2 more
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Effects of Variability in Ship Traffic and Whale Distributions on the Risk of Ships Striking Whales

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Assessments of ship-strike risk for large whales typically use a single year of ship traffic data and averaged predictions of species distributions. Consequently, they do not account for variability in ship traffic or species distributions.
Jessica V. Redfern, Jessica V. Redfern, Elizabeth A. Becker, Thomas J. Moore   +3 more
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Observations of non-compliance behaviour by tourists to a voluntary code of conduct: A pilot study of turtle tourism in the Exmouth region, Western Australia [PDF]

, 2006
This paper reports on the results of a pilot study of observations of non-compliance behaviour by tourists to a voluntary code of conduct based on marine turtles attempting to nest in the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia.
Newsome, D., Lee, D., Waayers, D.
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