Results 101 to 110 of about 5,581 (218)

Sperm whale echolocation behaviour reveals a directed, prior-based search strategy informed by prey distribution [PDF]

, 2015
The fieldwork was funded by a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to B. Møhl and ONR, SERDP and FNU grants to MJ, PJOM and PTM. PJOM was supported by a Royal Society Fellowship, NAS by the International Campus of Excellence of the Canary Islands, MJ by ...
Aguilar de Soto, Natacha, Fais, A., Johnson, M., Madsen, P.T., Miller, P.J.O., Pérez-González, C.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

A survey of detection techniques for sperm whale and dolphin echolocation clicks

Frontiers 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, Mak Gracic, Guy Gubnitsky, Guy Gubnitsky, Roee Diamant, Roee Diamant, Roee Diamant   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

, 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
core  

Biological significance of sperm whale responses to sonar: comparison with anti-predator responses [PDF]

, 2016
Research funding was provided by the US Office of Naval Research and the Ministries of Defence of Norway, the Netherlands and France as well as the UK Natural Environmental Research Council.A key issue when investigating effects of anthropogenic noise on
Curé, Charlotte, Isojunno, Saana, Kvadsheim, Petter H., Lam, Frans-Peter A., Miller, Patrick, Sivle, Lise D., Visser, Fleur, Wensveen, Paul J.   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

Ecomorphological and Age-Related Adaptations in the Tongues of Phocoena dioptrica (Spectacled Porpoise) and Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister’s Porpoise) (Phocoenidae: Cetacea)

Animals
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, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Laura Beatriz Andrini, Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito, Alfredo Armando Carlini   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine mammals of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Salas y Gómez Island (Motu Motiro Hiva), Chile: a review and new records

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2014
The Chilean oceanic islands Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Salas y Gómez Island (Motu Motiro Hiva) have received little attention with regards to basic marine mammal investigations.
Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Anelio Aguayo-Lobo, Sebastián Yancovic-Pakarati, Marcelo Flores   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combining passive acoustic data from a towed hydrophone array with visual line transect data to estimate abundance and availability bias of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Sigourney DB, DeAngelis A, Cholewiak D, Palka D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalisations

Nature 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, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David F. Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba, Jacob Andreas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tagged tiger shark (Galeocerda cuvieri) landed atTuticorin [PDF]

, 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, Balasubramanian, T S, Sam Bennet, P   +2 more
core  

Deep ocean drivers better explain habitat preferences of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus than beaked whales in the Bay of Biscay. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Virgili A, Teillard V, Dorémus G, Dunn TE, Laran S, Lewis M, Louzao M, Martínez-Cedeira J, Pettex E, Ruiz L, Saavedra C, Santos MB, Van Canneyt O, Vázquez Bonales JA, Ridoux V.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source