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Scientific ReportsDespite the well-documented, broad global distribution of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), their distributional patterns remain poorly known in Arctic regions, where year-round monitoring is challenging. Adult male sperm whales are known to migrate
Viivi Pöyhönen +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Although vertebral bone microarchitecture has been studied in various tetrapods, limited quantitative data are available on the structural and compositional changes of vertebrae in marine mammals. Whales exhibit exceptional swimming and diving behaviour,
Tim Rolvien +7 more
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Endangered Species Research, 2014 The global sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus population has been protected from large-scale commercial whaling for >25 yr, yet there is no clear evidence of recovery in any heavily exploited stock.
G Carroll +4 more
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Genomic and structural investigation on dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) in Mediterranean fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). [PDF]
, 2017 Dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) has been deemed as one of the most relevant threats for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) being responsible for a mortality outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea in the last years.
Beffagna, Giorgia +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceUnderstanding the structure of populations is a critical element to the establishment of management and conservation measures. Sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus are characterised by a demographic spatial segregation, associated with a conspicuous ...
Cynthia Barile +3 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010 Ship-based sighting surveys for cetaceans were conducted in the former whaling ground off the northeastern coast of Brazil. The cruises took place in winter and spring of 1998-2001 with the objectives of investigating current distribution and abundance ...
Artur Andriolo +7 more
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Estimates of Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and Seabird Mortality in the California Drift Gillnet Fishery for Swordfish and Thresher Shark, 1996–2002 [PDF]
, 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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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 +3 more
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The Occurrence of the Sperm Whale or Cachalot in the Shetland Seas, with Notes on the Tympano-petrous Bones of Physeter, Kogia, and other Odontoceti [PDF]
, 1904 William Turner
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Examination of some components of cephalopod and sperm-whale liver oils by the chromatographic method [PDF]
, 1953 R. M. Brachi
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