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Sexing From Seawater: Application of Environmental DNA Beyond Species Detection for Cetaceans

Environmental DNA
Anthropogenic pressures on marine ecosystems are intensifying, highlighting the need to bridge knowledge gaps for species at risk. Data deficiencies, particularly for species recovering from historic declines, such as marine megafauna like whales, hinder
Chloe Victoria Robinson, Emma June Laqua, Adam Warner, Gary J. Sutton, Michael W. D. Judson, Karina Dracott   +5 more
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Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li, Mike Schindler, Martha Paskin, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Elliott Scott, Sabine Hauert, Nicholas Payne, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Frederik H. Mollen, Daniel Baum, Sean Hanna, Mason N. Dean   +12 more
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Abundance of whales in West and East Greenland in summer 2015

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2019
An aerial line transect survey of whales in West and East Greenland was conducted in August-September 2015. The survey covered the area between the coast of West Greenland and offshore (up to 100 km) to the shelf break.
Rikke Guldborg Hansen, Tenna K. Boye, Rasmus S. Larsen, Nynne H. Nielsen, Outi Tervo, Rasmus D. Nielsen, Marianne H. Rasmussen, Mikkel H. S. Sinding, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen   +8 more
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Groundtruthing of pelagic forage fish detected by hydroacoustics in a whale feeding area using environmental DNA

Environmental DNA, 2020
Conservation of whales, considered as umbrella species in marine environments, requires to be able to understand their relationships with ecosystem components such as prey species, including pelagic fish. However, studying such relationships in nature is
Chloé Suzanne Berger, Bérénice Bougas, Samuel Turgeon, Sophia Ferchiou, Nadia Ménard, Louis Bernatchez   +5 more
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Broadening the semiaquatic scene: Quantification of long bone microanatomy across pinnipeds

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Investigations of bone microanatomy are commonly used to explore lifestyle strategies in vertebrates. While distinct microanatomical limb bone features have been established for exclusively aquatic and terrestrial lifestyles, identifying clear patterns for the semiaquatic lifestyle remains more challenging.
Apolline Alfsen, Christian de Muizon, Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Antonia R. Kaffler, Matthew R. McCurry, Alexandra Houssaye, Rafael M. Varas‐Malca, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi, Oliver Hampe, Eli Amson   +10 more
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A geometric morphometric approach for detecting different reproductive stages of a free-ranging killer whale Orcinus orca population

Scientific Reports
The expansion of drone-based aerial imagery has facilitated an increase in data obtained from free-ranging marine mammal populations, in particular cetacean species.
Chloe V. Robinson, Brittany C. Visona-Kelly   +1 more
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Whale grief: Episodes I + II

Performance Philosophy
In this piece, Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca offers two stories that approach the experience of grief and loss from an interspecies perspective with a particular focus on whales.
Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca
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Morphological variation in atlas and axis of Neotropical spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The unique morphologies of the first two cervical vertebrae, the atlas and axis, represent a significant innovation in mammalian evolution. These structures support the weight of the head and enable intricate movements of the head and neck.
Thomas Furtado da Silva Netto, João Felipe Leal Kaiuca, Adriana Itatí Olivares, William Corrêa Tavares   +3 more
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Assessing social behaviour between baleen whales (Mysticeti) and dolphins (Delphinidae)

Discover Animals
The dynamics and factors influencing interspecies interactions in the wild are not well understood, particularly among social marine animal species such as Mysticetes and Delphinadae.
Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Olivia Crawley
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Neuroanatomy of the Cetacean Sensory Systems

Animals, 2023
Cetaceans have undergone profound sensory adaptations in response to their aquatic environment during evolution. These adaptations are characterised by anatomo-functional changes in the classically defined sensory systems, shaping their neuroanatomy ...
Steffen De Vreese, Ksenia Orekhova, Maria Morell, Tommaso Gerussi, Jean-Marie Graïc   +4 more
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