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Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Hersh TA   +26 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Productivity in American Whaling: The New Bedford Fleet in the Nineteenth Century [PDF]

open access: yes
From the end of the War of 1812 until the Civil War the New Bedford whaling fleet grew spectacularly; thereafter it declined, equally spectacularly. By the end of the century New Bedford's day was over.
Lance Davis   +2 more
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The history of whaling in the Gulf of Maine was reviewed primarily to estimate removals of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, especially during the 19th century.
Clapham, Phillip J.   +4 more
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Acoustic estimates of sperm whale abundance in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
Acoustic surveys for sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) were conducted in the Mediterranean Sea in summer 2018 as part of the vessel-based component of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI).
Oliver Boisseau   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tale of the Whale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In his critique of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, A.N. Deacon accurately captures one of the main tenets if not the central theme of the book; however, he also makes several claims about the novel that do not seem to fit with the evidence seen in the ...
Schlaudt, Joel
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Relationship of stranded cetaceans in Thai territorial waters to global populations: Mitochondrial DNA diversity of Cuvier's beaked whale, Indo Pacific finless porpoise, pygmy sperm whale, and dwarf sperm whale. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Prog, 2022
Piboon P   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Establishing death in stranded Odontocetes (toothed whales) using other mammals : a pilot study : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The aim of this study was to investigate and evaluate a new method for determining death in stranded odontocetes (toothed whales). The new method was using the pulsations seen in the retinal blood vessels in the place of the heart rate. The retinal blood
Paul, Katherine A
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