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Crowdsourcing modern and historical data identifies sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) habitat offshore of south-western Australia

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
The distribution and use of pelagic habitat by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) is poorly understood in the south-eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia.
Christopher Michael Johnson, Christopher Michael Johnson, Christopher Michael Johnson, Lynnath Elizabeth Beckley, Halina Kobryn, Genevieve Ellen Johnson, Iain Kerr, Roger Payne   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: a guide to their identification [PDF]

, 1982
This is an identification guide for cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), that was designed to assist laymen in identifying cetaceans encountered in eastern North Pacific and Arctic waters.
Evans, William E., Hobbs, Larry, Leatherwood, Stephen, Perrin, William F., Reeves, Randall R.   +4 more
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 [PDF]

, 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., Reeves, Randall R., Robbins, Jooke, Smith, Ted D., Webb, Robert L.   +4 more
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Movement and diving behavior of satellite-tagged male sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska

Frontiers in Marine Science
Male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are known to interact with and depredate from commercial longline fishing vessels targeting sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA).
Lauren A. Wild, Lauren A. Wild, Franz J. Mueter, Jan M. Straley, Russ D. Andrews   +4 more
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Toward understanding the communication in sperm whales. [PDF]

iScience, 2022
Andreas J, Beguš G, Bronstein MM, Diamant R, Delaney D, Gero S, Goldwasser S, Gruber DF, de Haas S, Malkin P, Pavlov N, Payne R, Petri G, Rus D, Sharma P, Tchernov D, Tønnesen P, Torralba A, Vogt D, Wood RJ.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertebral bone microarchitecture and osteocyte characteristics of three toothed whale species with varying diving behaviour

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, Michael Hahn, Ursula Siebert, Klaus Püschel, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Björn Busse, Michael Amling, Ralf Oheim   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current global population size, post-whaling trend and historical trajectory of sperm whales. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Whitehead H, Shin M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
Issues January - November/December 2013.

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Combining passive acoustic data from a towed hydrophone array with visual line transect data to estimate abundance and availability bias of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Sigourney DB, DeAngelis A, Cholewiak D, Palka D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stranding of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the North Sea: history and patterns [PDF]

, 1997
Stranding of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus L., 1758 in the countries bordering the North Sea has been documented since the end of the 16th century. All known strandings in this area are summarized.
Smeenk, C.
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