We reviewed prominent emerging infectious diseases of cetaceans, examined their potential
to impact populations, re-assessed zoonotic risk and evaluated the role of environmental …

In this work we would define an historical arrangement of the state of knowledge regarding
the ecological impact of anthropogenic litter on marine mammals, assessing the role of …

Since the 1970s the role of fishery bycatch as a factor reducing, or limiting the recovery of,
marine mammal populations has been increasingly recognized. The proceedings of a 1990 …

Over the last few decades, evidence of marine vertebrate bycatch has been collected for a
range of industrial fisheries. It has recently been acknowledged that large impacts may also …

We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian
artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured …

The killing and consumption of marine mammals fuels tense global struggles between
advocates of sustainable use and advocates of complete protection for these animals …

Assessing mortality of long-lived organisms is fundamental for understanding population
trends and for implementing conservation strategies, but doing so for marine megafauna is …

Neurobrucellosis and osteomyelitis are common pathologies of humans and cetaceans
infected with Brucella ceti or B. pinnipedialis. Currently, 53 species of marine mammal are …

Wild animals are captured or taken opportunistically, and the meat, body parts, and/or eggs
are consumed for local subsistence or used for traditional purposes to some extent across …

The Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), or boto, is illegally harvested for use as bait in
fisheries for the catfish Calophysus macropterus. To determine the effect of this harvest, we …