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Marine mammals of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Salas y Gómez Island (Motu Motiro Hiva), Chile: a review and new records

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, Anelio Aguayo-Lobo, Sebastián Yancovic-Pakarati, Marcelo Flores   +3 more
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Pathology and Cause of Death in Stranded Kogiids: A Retrospective Study from the Canary Islands (1999–2018)

Animals
The scientific understanding of cetacean pathology has advanced significantly in recent decades. However, data concerning the health status of members of the family Kogiidae remains scarce.
Pablo Díaz-Santana, Antonio Fernández, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Cristian Suárez-Santana, Óscar Quesada-Canales, Vidal Martin, Eva Sierra, Nakita Câmara, Manuel Arbelo   +8 more
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Morphological and morphometric sperm analysis of dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
Nowadays, an increase in the number of marine species at risk of extinction has been observed. Therefore, studies on the reproductive characteristics of these animals are essential.
Giovana Alcantara Garcia, Daniel de Souza Ramos Angrimani, Jociery Einhardt Vergara Parente, Juliana Plácido Guimarães   +3 more
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First Photo-Identification Study of the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Aeolian Archipelago and the Northern Coast of Sicily (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Diversity
(1) While photo-identification has been used to study sperm whales worldwide, no long-term photo-id studies are available from the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea for the Mediterranean endangered population.
Agata Irene Di Paola, Michelle Gelippi, Monica Francesca Blasi   +2 more
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Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data. [PDF]

Mov Ecol, 2023
Pérez-Jorge S, Oliveira C, Rivas EI, Prieto R, Cascão I, Wensveen PJ, Miller PJO, Silva MA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sperm whale acoustic abundance and dive behaviour in the western North Atlantic. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Westell A, Sakai T, Valtierra R, Van Parijs SM, Cholewiak D, DeAngelis A.   +5 more
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Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Hersh TA, Gero S, Rendell L, Cantor M, Weilgart L, Amano M, Dawson SM, Slooten E, Johnson CM, Kerr I, Payne R, Rogan A, Antunes R, Andrews O, Ferguson EL, Hom-Weaver CA, Norris TF, Barkley YM, Merkens KP, Oleson EM, Doniol-Valcroze T, Pilkington JF, Gordon J, Fernandes M, Guerra M, Hickmott L, Whitehead H.   +26 more
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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

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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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