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This book blends traditional taxonomy with genetics, for species and gender identification and for forensic testing for preventing illegal trade in marine mammal products. Updating will be an ongoing process.
Silas, E G
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Abstract As gastrointestinal parasites affect the health of marine mammal species, they are a potentially consequential stressor. Although they are infrequently identified as a cause of mortality, gastrointestinal parasites could drive cryptic declines in individual fitness—including declines in nutritional status—by acting synergistically with other ...
Natalie C. Mastick +2 more
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Duas novas ocorrências de Ziphiidae (Cetacea) nos Açores e actualização da lista de espécies de cetáceos [PDF]
Os arrojamentos ocorridos em 1989, dum zífio, Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823, na ilha de Santa Maria, e duma baleia de bico-de-Gervais, Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) na ilha do Faial, representam os primeiros registos destas espécies paro o ...
Gonçalves, João M. +2 more
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The use of DNA barcoding to monitor the marine mammal biodiversity along the French Atlantic coast [PDF]
International audienceIn the last ten years, 14 species of cetaceans and five species of pinnipeds stranded along the Atlantic coast of Brittany in the North West of France.
Alfonsi, Eric +7 more
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A note on cetacean distribution in the Indian EEZ and contiguous seas during 2003-07 [PDF]
Relatively little is known about the distribution of cetaceans in Indian seas due to lack of systematic surveys. For collecting data on species distribution, 35 opportunistic surveys were conducted onboard FORV Sagar Sampada between October 2003 and ...
Afsal, V V +6 more
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogin breiJiceps) stranding record in Tasmania, Australia, and diet of a single specimen [PDF]
This study describes the stranding record of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Tasmanian waters, and the diet of a single individual. The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of the most commonly stranded cetaceans in some parts of Australia, although it ...
Beasley, I +4 more
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Anatomy and morphology adaptation of sea mammals [PDF]
Morski sisavci uključuju dvije brojne i široke grupe, Cetacea (kitovi) i Pinnipedia (tuljani, morski lavovi i morževi), te manje brojnu grupu Sirenia. Svaka grupa morskih sisavaca je evoluirala od pretka na kopnu te se sekundarno vratila životu u vodi ...
Blažeković, Kristina
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Characteristics of order Cetacea (whales) and causes of their vulnerability in the Adriatic Sea [PDF]
Kitovi (Cetacea) su jedini sisavci koji su prilagodili život u potpunosti u vodi. Ima ih više od 80 vrsta, a neke nastanjuju osim mora i rijeke. Dijele se na dva podreda: kitove zubane (Odontoceti) i usane (Mysticeti).
Babić, Jelena
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Temporal and spatial trends in stranding records of cetaceans on the Irish coast, 2002–2014 [PDF]
Using Irish strandings data collected between 2002 and 2014, seasonal and annual trends in the number of strandings for all strandings identified to species level (N ¼ 1480), and for the five most frequently reported species: common dolphin (25.7% of ...
Berrow, Simon +3 more
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A Comparative Study of Mammalian Diversification Pattern
Although mammals have long been regarded as a successful radiation, the diversification pattern among the clades is still poorly known. Higher-level phylogenies are conflicting and comprehensive comparative analyses are still lacking.
Wenhua Yu, Junxiao Xu, Yi Wu, Guang Yang
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