Long-Term Fluctuations in Cetacean Occurrence Derived From Whale-Watching Platforms Off Southwest Gran Canaria: Evaluating Their Potential as an Ecological Indicator. [PDF]
Ecol EvolUsing an 18‐year dataset of whale‐watching observations from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), we analysed long‐term temporal dynamics of cetacean communities in the subtropical Atlantic. Standardised sightings per unit effort (SPUE) revealed strong seasonal patterns, multi‐year fluctuations and species‐specific responses to environmental variability ...
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How is the third jaw joint in whales different? Diverse modes of articulation between the jaws of whales. [PDF]
J AnatThis study conducts the first comprehensive morphological investigation of the mandibular symphysis in whales. Using gross anatomical observation and CT cross‐sectional data, we describe diverse joint morphologies across 74 extant and fossil cetacean taxa. Toothed whales exhibit unfused, partially fused, or fully fused symphyses.
Strauch RJ, Pyenson ND, Peredo CM.
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Fin whale sound reception mechanisms: skull vibration enables low-frequency hearing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Hearing mechanisms in baleen whales (Mysticeti) are essentially unknown but their vocalization frequencies overlap with anthropogenic sound sources. Synthetic audiograms were generated for a fin whale by applying finite element modeling tools to X-ray ...
Ted W Cranford, Petr Krysl
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, 2022 Kitovi, red Cetacea, dijele se na podred Mysticeti, kitovi usani i Odontoceti, kitovi zubani ovisno o građi usnog aparata. Kitovi usani su pelagične životinje koje se hrane planktonom i ribom.
Bajić, Maria
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The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales) are a key group in understanding baleen whale evolution, because they are the oldest surviving lineage of crown Mysticeti, with a fossil record that dates back ∼20 million years.
Mónica R. Buono +4 more
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, 2018 SUBORDER MYSTICETI Flower, 1864 <p>Three families (Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, and Eschrichtiidae) represent Mysticeti in Korea.</p>Published as part of <i>Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T.
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A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Balaenopterid mysticetes represent the most successful family-rank group of this clade. Their evolutionary history is characterized by a rich fossil record but the origin of the living genera is still largely not understood. Recent discoveries
Michelangelo Bisconti +2 more
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Life Expectancy in Marine Mammals Is Unrelated to Telomere Length but Is Associated With Body Size
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Marine mammals vary greatly in size and lifespan across species. This study determined whether measures of adult body weight, length and relative telomere length were related to lifespan.
Kittisak Buddhachat +8 more
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THE OLDEST ESCHRICHTIID MYSTICETE AND A NEW MORPHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ESCHRICHTIIDAE (GRAY WHALES)
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2006 A close inspection of the dentary of Eschrichtius robustus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eschrichtiidae) revealed a peculiar organization of the coronoid region.
MICHELANGELO BISCONTI, ANGELO VAROLA
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Crossing the equator: a northern occurrence of the pygmy right whale
Zoological Letters, 2018 Here we document the first stranding record of the pygmy right whale in the Northern Hemisphere—on the coast of The Gambia, Africa (NE Atlantic Ocean, around latitude 13° N)—a location in stark contrast to its current distribution exclusively south of ...
Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, James G. Mead
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