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Back to Water: Signature of Adaptive Evolution in Cetacean Mitochondrial tRNAs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The mitochondrion is the power plant of the eukaryotic cell, and tRNAs are the fundamental components of its translational machinery. In the present paper, the evolution of mitochondrial tRNAs was investigated in the Cetacea, a clade of Cetartiodactyla ...
Cozzi, Bruno   +4 more
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Primeros registros de cachalotes, Physeter macrocephalus y Kogia sima, en aguas caribeñas de la República Dominicana

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012
Este trabajo constituye el primer reporte de cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) y cachalote enano (Kogia sima) para el área Bayahibe en República Dominicana.
Laura Vázquez Castán   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Male sperm whale acoustic behavior observed from multipaths at a single hydrophone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Sperm whales generate transient sounds (clicks) when foraging. These clicks have been described as echolocation sounds, a result of having measured the source level and the directionality of these signals and having extrapolated results from biosonar ...
Adam, Olivier   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Predicting seasonal movements and distribution of the sperm whale using machine learning algorithms

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Implementation of effective conservation planning relies on a robust understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution of the target species. In the marine realm, this is even more challenging for species rarely seen at the sea surface due to their ...
Philippine Chambault   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strength of paving block by replacing up to 40% of fine aggregate by weight with plastic waste [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Plastic waste in Indonesia in 2020-2021 occupies the second largest position in terms of the amount of accumulated waste, namely 17.15% and 15.54% after the type of food waste.
Sandjaya Arif, Sabrina Ovy, Novita Tan
doaj   +1 more source

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus stranded at Devbagh beach, Karwar, western coast of India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2010
A stranding of a single Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus was recorded at the Devbag beach (Arabian Sea), Karwar, Karnataka State, on the central west coast of India on 17th September 2009.
U.G. Naik, J.L. Rathod, S.B. Haragi
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian three-dimensional reconstruction of toothed whale trajectories: Passive acoustics assisted with visual and tagging measurements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The author describes and evaluates a Bayesian method to reconstruct three-dimensional toothed whale trajectories from a series of echolocation signals.
Laplanche, Christophe
core   +4 more sources

Varamiento de cetáceos en Tacna, Perú (2002-2010)

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2011
Se presentan datos de varamientos de cetáceos producidos entre abril del año 2002 y enero de 2010 en las localidades de Los Palos, Vila-vila, Morro Sama e Ite, ubicadas en la región Tacna.
José Pizarro-Neyra
doaj   +1 more source

Too Close for Comfort? Isotopic Niche Segregation in New Zealand’s Odontocetes

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Species occurring in sympatry and relying on similar and limited resources may partition resource use to avoid overlap and interspecific competition.
Katharina J. Peters   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sperm whale codas may encode individuality as well as clan identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The research was funded by the Danish Research Council; the Carlsberg Foundation; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT); Fundo Regional da Ciência, Tecnologia (FRCT) through research projects TRACE-PTDC/MAR/74071/2006 and MAPCET-M2.1.2/F/012/2011 [
Antunes, Ricardo   +8 more
core   +4 more sources

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