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Food habits of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) and their impact on Salmonid Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California [PDF]
, 1999 In the ocean commercial troll and recreational salmon fishery in Monterey Bay California, California sea lions (Zalophus califomianus) will swim near or follow fishing boats and will depredate fish once hooked.
Harvey, James, T., Weise, Michael, J.
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Language-trained animals: a window to the "black box" [PDF]
, 2012 Animals have to process quantity of information in order to take decisions and adapt their behaviors to their physical and social environment. They have to remember previous events (learning), to cope with their internal (motivational and emotional ...
Péron, Franck
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Climate change associated transformations of Arctic marine ecosystems are having detrimental impacts on Arctic endemic marine mammals. However, warming conditions are providing new habitats for temperate marine mammals, some of which are expanding into Arctic regions, posing a threat of novel pathogen introduction and disease transmission.
Luca A. Schick +11 more
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, 1993 Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828). In Bory de Saint-Vincet (ed.), Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, 13:420. TYPE LOCALITY: "les rochers dans le voisinage de la baie San-Francisco sont ordinairement couverts de lion marins." [USA, California, San Francisco Bay]. DISTRIBUTION: N Pacifie from near the Mexico-Guatemala border to British Columbia (Canada);
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An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution
, 2013 Expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution. However, it remains an open question what adaptive mechanisms facilitated its expansion.
Huttner, Wieland B +4 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 2, March/April 2026.Passive capture of eDNA can be used as a tool for citizen scientist SCUBA divers to supplement visual surveys for marine species detection and is particularly useful for species that are rare or visually inaccessible to divers. ABSTRACT Environmental DNA (eDNA) marker gene sequencing, or metabarcoding, can be a powerful tool for monitoring marine ...
Theodora T. Mautz +5 more
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Sea Lions Develop Human-like Vernix Caseosa Delivering Branched Fats and Squalene to the GI Tract
Scientific Reports, 2018 Vernix caseosa, the white waxy coating found on newborn human skin, is thought to be a uniquely human substance. Its signature characteristic is exceptional richness in saturated branched chain fatty acids (BCFA) and squalene.
Dong Hao Wang +6 more
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1557, Issue 1, March 2026.Recent work on non‐human animal vocalizations has offered new insights into rhythmicity. In an attempt to improve upon methods commonly used in animal rhythm research, we investigated the rhythmic structure of budgerigar song. Our proposed statistical approach showed rhythmicity in human music but not language, and uncovered non‐random structured ...
Jeroen van der Aa +3 more
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The Toxic Effects of Environmental Domoic Acid Exposure on Humans and Marine Wildlife
Marine DrugsBiotoxins produced by harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a substantial global threat to ocean and human health. Domoic acid (DA) is one such biotoxin whose negative impacts are forecasted to increase with climate change and coastal development.
Ami E. Krasner +3 more
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Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 519-538, February 2026.ABSTRACT Facilitative interspecific interactions (FIIs) confer benefits to at least one participant without detriment to others. Although often less emphasised than antagonistic interactions in ecological studies, this review highlights the significant ecological role of FIIs across biological scales – from individual behaviours to population ...
Eduardo Döbber Vontobel +5 more
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