Behavioral Pattern of Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

G Cipriano, R Carlucci, S Bellomo… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Relatively scant information is available on the Risso's dolphin in comparison to the other
species regularly present in the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, its conservation status has …

Sowerby's beaked whale biosonar and movement strategy indicate deep-sea foraging niche differentiation in mesoplodont whales

F Visser, MG Oudejans, OA Keller… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Closely related species are expected to diverge in foraging strategy, reflecting the
evolutionary drive to optimize foraging performance. The most speciose cetacean genus …

[HTML][HTML] Cranial asymmetry in odontocetes: a facilitator of sonic exploration?

M Laeta, JA Oliveira, S Siciliano, O Lambert… - Zoology, 2023 - Elsevier
Directional cranial asymmetry is an intriguing condition that has evolved in all odontocetes
which has mostly been associated with sound production for echolocation. In this study, we …

Deep diving by offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.)

A Fahlman, RB Tyson Moore, R Stone… - Marine Mammal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We used satellite‐linked tags to evaluate dive behavior in offshore bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops spp.) near the island of Bermuda. The data provide evidence that bottlenose …

Surface and diving metabolic rates, and dynamic aerobic dive limits (dADL) in near‐ and off‐shore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops spp., indicate that deep diving is …

A Fahlman, AS Allen, A Blawas… - Marine Mammal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution dive depth and acceleration recordings from nearshore (Sarasota Bay, dive
depth< 30 m), and offshore (Bermuda) bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) were used to …

Movements and diving behavior of Risso's dolphins in the Southern California Bight

BK Rone, DA Sweeney, EA Falcone… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus), uncommon prior to the 1970's, are now regularly
observed within the Southern California Bight. During long-term cetacean monitoring …

The nightscape of the Arctic winter shapes the diving behavior of a marine predator

P Chambault, J Teilmann, O Tervo, MHS Sinding… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Predator–prey interactions in marine ecosystems are dynamically influenced by light, as
demonstrated by diel vertical migrations of low-trophic level organisms. At high latitudes, the …

Context-driven communication during deep-sea foraging in a social toothed whale

S Hessing, N Risser, L Pichot… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social deep-diving odontocetes face the challenge of balancing near-surface proximity to
oxygen and group members with foraging in the deep sea. Individuals rely on conspecifics …

Spatial and temporal separation of toothed whales in the western North Atlantic

RE Cohen, KE Frasier, S Baumann-Pickering… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
A diverse group of toothed whale species inhabits the pelagic habitats of the western North
Atlantic, competing for overlapping prey resources. Historical data deficits have limited …

Testing osteometric species determination on zooarchaeological dolphin remains from Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites in Ash-Sharqiyyah, Sultanate of …

Y van den Hurk, M Bormetti, E Maini - The Journal of Island and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Different Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites located in the Ras al-Hadd cape
and Ras al-Jinz Bay area (Ash-Sharqiyyah South Governorate, Sultanate of Oman) have …