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A pelagic paradox: the ecology of a top predator in an oceanic desert

, 2012
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are widely distributed in all oceans, but principally found in areas of high primary productivity. Historically, they were whaled extensively in the Sargasso Sea and recent surveys have also found large numbers there.
Wong, Sarah, Nuk Ping
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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]

Sci Prog, 2022
Piboon P, Kriengsakpichit N, Poommouang A, Buddhachat K, Brown JL, Kampuansai J, Chomdej S, Kaewmong P, Kittiwattanawong K, Nganvongpanit K.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dose-response relationships for the onset of avoidance of sonar by free-ranging killer whales

, 2014
The authors acknowledge the support of the MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland) in the completion of this study.
Samarra, Filipa Isabel Pereira, Paul J. Wensveen, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Antunes, Ricardo Nuno, Tyack, Peter Lloyd, Filipa I. P. Samarra, Ana Catarina Alves, Alves, Ana Catarina De Carvalho, Kleivane, Lars, Lam, Frans-Peter A., Ricardo N. Antunes, Miller, Patrick, Wensveen, Paulus Jacobus, Patrick J. O. Miller, Kvadsheim, Petter H., Ainslie, Michael A., Len Thomas, Frans-Peter A. Lam, Michael A. Ainslie, Lars Kleivane, Peter L. Tyack, Thomas, Len   +21 more
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Distinctive, fine-scale distribution of Eastern Caribbean sperm whale vocal clans reflects island fidelity rather than environmental variables. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Vachon F, Eguiguren A, Rendell L, Gero S, Whitehead H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Acoustic estimates of sperm whale abundance in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative

Frontiers 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, Jonathan Reid, Conor Ryan, Anna Moscrop, Richard McLanaghan, Simone Panigada   +5 more
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Two sperm whale teeth

, 2016
This record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete.
University Of Melbourne. Department Of Geology
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The myodural bridges' existence in the sperm whale - Fig 1

, 2018
A basic sperm whale osteology model highlighting the enlarged skull and short cervical vertebrae (A). A photograph showing occiput (occi), atlas (C1), the fused vertebra (C2), and the atlanto-occipital interspace of the sperm whale (B). 1, scapula.
Pu Chun (5492846), Pei Liu (93392), Xiaoying Yuan (311735), Shengbo Yu (583866), Hongjin Sui (5492855), Nan Zheng (181198), Chan Li (433717), Yutong Zhou (5492852), Yanyan Chi (3924725), Campbell Gilmore (5492849)   +9 more
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Sperm whale habitat off Kaikoura, New Zealand : a descriptive study of physical and biological processes influencing sperm whale distribution [PDF]

, 2019
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are deep-diving marine mammals found in all oceans of the world and occupy a wide range of environmental conditions (Best 1979; Rice 1989).
Larivière, Fanny
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Deep breath out: molecular survey of selected pathogens in blow and skin biopsies from North Atlantic cetaceans

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Cetacean morbillivirus, herpesvirus, avian influenza virus (AIV) and Brucella spp. have been linked to numerous cetacean strandings in the Northeast (NE) Atlantic.
Helena Costa, Per Ramstedt, Myrthe Bergsma, Eve Jourdain, Zoë Morange, Pierre Blévin, Charla J. Basran, Marianne H. Rasmussen, Terence P. Dawson, Harriet Y. Dawson, Seán A. O’Callaghan, Prabhugouda Siriyappagouder, Jorge M. O. Fernandes, Audun H. Rikardsen, Courtney A. Waugh   +14 more
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Genomic Analysis of a Highly Virulent NDM-1-Producing Escherichia coli ST162 Infecting a Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) in South America. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2022
Sellera FP, Cardoso B, Fuentes-Castillo D, Esposito F, Sano E, Fontana H, Fuga B, Goldberg DW, Seabra LAV, Antonelli M, Sandri S, Kolesnikovas CKM, Lincopan N.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source