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Cold call: the acoustic repertoire of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, Type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are top marine predators occurring globally. In Antarctic waters, five ecotypes have been described, with Type C being the smallest form of killer whale known.
Rebecca Wellard +2 more
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Life History and Reproductive Parameters in an Increasingly Abundant Killer Whale Population
Ecology and EvolutionLife history parameterization is foundational to population monitoring, particularly for long‐lived species under targeted management schema. In the eastern North Pacific, multidecadal photographic identification studies have facilitated the estimation ...
Chloe Kotik +3 more
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2018–2022 Southern Resident killer whale presence in the Salish Sea: continued shifts in habitat usage [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The fish-eating Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the northeastern Pacific are listed as Endangered in both the USA and Canada. The inland waters of Washington State and British Columbia, a region known as the Salish Sea, are designated ...
Monika W. Shields
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Wellcome Open Research, 2022 We present a genome assembly from an individual female Orcinus orca (the killer whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Delphinidae). The genome sequence is 2.65 gigabases in span.
Paulien Bunskoek, Andrew Foote
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Mixed emotions associated with orca (Orcinus orca) conservation strategies
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Orcas (Orcinus orca) are a charismatic species with multiple connections to local economies and culture in the Pacific Northwest. As such, emotions play a role in public perspectives and support for their conservation.
Hailey Kehoe Thommen +2 more
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Call combination patterns in Icelandic killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Scientific Reports, 2023 Acoustic sequences have been described in a range of species and in varying complexity. Cetaceans are known to produce complex song displays but these are generally limited to mysticetes; little is known about call combinations in odontocetes.
Anna Selbmann +4 more
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A new sighting of killer whale, Orcinus orca, in Caribbean inshore waters off Colombia
Ciencias Marinas, 2021 Killer whales, Orcinus orca, are known to be one of the most widespread cetaceans, inhabiting all the oceans of the world, but their presence in the Southern Caribbean has been scarcely recorded up to date.
Laura C Franco-L, Oscar Delgadillo-G
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Acoustic identification of vocalizing individuals opens up new and deeper insights into animal communications, such as individual-/group-specific dialects, turn-taking events, and dialogs. However, establishing an association between an individual animal
Christopher Hauer +8 more
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Intra-Group Orca Call Rate Modulation Estimation Using Compact Four Hydrophones Array
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Acoustic emissions are vital for orca (Orcinus orca) socializing, hunting, and maintaing spatial awareness. Studying the acoustic emissions of orcas on an individual basis often results in interference with their natural behaviors through mounting tags ...
Marion Poupard +5 more
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Another polymorphic mitochondrial genome of Grampus griseus and phylogeny of family Delphinidae
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus Cuvier, 1812) is the only species of genus Grampus and a cosmopolitan marine inhabitant. Here, we report a polymorphic complete mitochondrial genome of G. griseus.
Jayan Duminda M. Senevirathna +7 more
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