Migration to breeding areas by male sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus from the Northeast Atlantic Arctic [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMature male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) primarily inhabit high latitude regions, travelling to tropical/temperate waters for breeding, where females and juveniles reside in cohesive social groups.
Christian Lydersen +10 more
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Vocal clans in sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2003 Cultural transmission may be a significant source of variation in the behaviour of whales and dolphins, especially as regards their vocal signals. We studied variation in the vocal output of 'codas' by sperm whale social groups. Codas are patterns of clicks used by female sperm whales in social circumstances.
Rendell LE, Whitehead H.
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Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found dead off Jurong Island, Singapore [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Despite numerous studies across the large geographic range of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), little is known about the diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotypes of this strongly female philopatric species in waters off Southeast Asia.
Marcus A.H. Chua +4 more
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Metagenomic Insights Into the Role of Gut Microbes in the Defensive Ink “Tsunabi” of Physeteroid Whales [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWhales of the superfamily Physeteroidea, which includes the genera Physeter and Kogia, exhibit a unique visual defense mechanism involving the release of dark reddish‐brown feces (locally called “tsunabi‐ink” in Japan) into the water to obscure ...
Hayate Takeuchi +2 more
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Correction: Long-term associations among male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 PLOS ONE Staff.
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A wave glider for passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans and anthropogenic sources in the central Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPassive acoustic monitoring has become a widely used method to study cetaceans, especially for populations facing escalating threats from noisy human activities, including shipping traffic, fishing industry and marine constructions.
Sara Ferri +7 more
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Ruhuna Journal of Science, 2023 An opportunistic study was carried out from a 113’ motor-sailing vessel along the southeast coast of Sri Lanka from April 11 to 19, 2013. Passive acoustic monitoring allowed pods of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) to be detected and tracked before ...
Abigail Alling +3 more
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Historical Trends of Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Distribution in the Phoenix Archipelago
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The Phoenix Archipelago in the Central Pacific is situated in what was once one of the most productive areas for capturing sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus).
Brian R. C. Kennedy +8 more
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Underwater photo-identification of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off Mauritius [PDF]
Marine Biology Research, 2022 plement relevant conservation plans in the marine realm.
Véronique, Sarano +11 more
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic
Polar Research, 2020 We report two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings observed in the south-east corner of the Barents Sea (i.e., Pechora Sea) in 2018, unusually far from the species’ hitherto known distribution.
Igor Popov, Götz Eichhorn
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