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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Deep diving air-breathing species by necessity must balance submergence time and level of exercise during breath-holding: a low activity level preserves oxygen stores and allows longer duration submergence whereas high activity levels consume oxygen ...
Outi M. Tervo +6 more
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Surveys of belugas and narwhals in the Canadian High Arctic in 1996
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002 The summer range of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Prince Regent Inlet, Barrow Strait and Peel Sound in the Canadian High Arctic was surveyed from 31 July to 3 August 1996 with a visual aerial survey of offshore areas
Stuart Innes +6 more
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
, 1982 Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Narwhal Genome Reveals Long-Term Low Genetic Diversity despite Current Large Abundance Size
iScience, 2019 Summary: The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a highly specialized endemic Arctic cetacean, restricted to the Arctic seas bordering the North Atlantic.
Michael V. Westbury +4 more
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
, 1993 Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali Americae, Europae." (= northern seas of Europe and America). DISTRIBUTION: Arctic Ocean; rarely in Beaufort, Chuckchi and East Siberian Seas; occasional strays as far south as the Newfoundland, the Netherlands, British Isles and Japan. STATUS:
James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
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Report of the workshop on age estimation in beluga: Beaufort, North Carolina, US 5-9 December 2011
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2016 A workshop convened by C. Lockyer and A. A. Hohn to examine variation among readers in estimating beluga ages was held in Beaufort, North Carolina, US. Terms of Reference for the workshop included the following: 1.
Christina Lockyer +3 more
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
, 2005 Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 75. Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali Americae, Europae." (= northern seas of Europe and America). Vernacular Names: Narwhal. Synonyms: Monodon microcephalus (Lacépède 1804); Monodon narhval Blumenbach 1788; Monodon vulgaris (Lacépède 1804 ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
, 2014 1. Narwhal Monodon monoceros French: Narval / German: Narwal / Spanish: Narval Other common names: Horned Whale, Sea Unicorn, Unicorn Whale Taxonomy. Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758, “Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali America, Europa” (= northern seas of Europe and America). This species is monotypic. Distribution.
Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic +10 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives The grandmother hypothesis proposes that ancestral women ceased reproduction midlife to instead provision their grandchildren. An alternative “two‐sex” account proposes that the high energetic burden of caring for slow‐developing offspring was met with biparental investment.
Edward H. Hagen
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