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Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography as tools for the investigation of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) teeth and eye

open access: yesActa Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2017
Background Scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are useful tools in veterinary and human medicine.
Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chromosomes of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus linnaeus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1979The somatic chromosomes of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, are described for the first time using homogeneous staining and trypsin G-banding.
Jarrell, Gordon Hamilton
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Stomach contents of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus stranded in the North Sea 1990-1996 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Stomach contents of 17 sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus stranded in Scotland and Denmark during 1990-96 were analysed. All were sub-adult or adult males and stranded between November and March.
Boyle, P. R.   +10 more
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Report on a sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus) caught at Chennai coast [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In Indian Ocean, sperm whales are distributed in substantial numbers near Madagascar, Mahe banks. East and West coast of India and off Sri Lanka. Instances of sperm whales caught / stranded / sighted are reported from Mahabalipuram, Madras, Tranquebar ...
Batcha, Hameed   +3 more
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Tagged tiger shark (Galeocerda cuvieri) landed atTuticorin [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
The shark was caught by a mechanised Tuticorin type boat using hooks and line . The fish was caught at a distance of 40 km from shore southeast of Tuticorin in the 26 fathom depth area The fish weighed 130 kg and was sold by auction for Rupees 916 ...
Arumugam, G   +2 more
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A survey of detection techniques for sperm whale and dolphin echolocation clicks

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
Echolocation clicks, emitted by Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and Dolphins for foraging, echolocation and socialization, serve as bioindicators for monitoring marine ecosystems.
Mak Gracic   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

On a sperm whale landed at Kalpeni island with notes on ambergris [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
In the Indian Ocean The sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus is found concentrated more in the Arabian Sea upto 20° N and between 50° and 80° E especially in the Gulf of Aden and approaches a little east of Minicoy Island and off Sri Lanka.
James, D B, Panicker, K C S
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Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalisations

open access: yesNature Communications
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are highly social mammals that communicate using sequences of clicks called codas. While a subset of codas have been shown to encode information about caller identity, almost everything else about the sperm whale ...
Pratyusha Sharma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimates of Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and Seabird Mortality in the California Drift Gillnet Fishery for Swordfish and Thresher Shark, 1996–2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Estimates of incidental marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird mortality in the California drift gillnet fishery for broadbill swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, are summarized for the 7-year period, 1996 to 2002 ...
Caretta, James V.   +3 more
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Ecomorphological and Age-Related Adaptations in the Tongues of Phocoena dioptrica (Spectacled Porpoise) and Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister’s Porpoise) (Phocoenidae: Cetacea)

open access: yesAnimals
Vertebrates’ tongues reflect part of their adaptations to diverse feeding strategies, the types of food items they eat, and the environments where they live.
Cleopatra Mara Loza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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