Over the past several years, many investigators interested in the effects of man-made
sounds on animals have come to realize that there is much to gain from studying the broader …

Cetacean mass stranding events associated with naval mid-frequency sonar use have
raised considerable conservation concerns. These strandings have mostly involved beaked …

This review considers the effect of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales2. Two major
conclusions are presented:(1) gas-bubble disease, induced in supersaturated tissue by a …

Marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea cows) use sound both actively and
passively to communicate and sense their environment, covering frequencies from a few …

This paper could not have been written without the financial and organizational support from
Dieter Paulmann and Jo Hastie respectively. Thanks are also due to two anonymous …

We investigate diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior using data from time–depth
recorders deployed on six Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris)(255 h) and two Cuvier's …

Mammalodon colliveri is an unusual toothed archaic mysticete (Cetacea) from the Upper
Oligocene Jan Juc Formation of south-east Australia. The morphology of the holotype skull …

Background Unlike most mammals, toothed whale (Odontoceti) skulls lack symmetry in the
nasal and facial (nasofacial) region. This asymmetry is hypothesised to relate to …

Measuring and monitoring the behavior and biomedical condition of free-ranging whales
remains a fundamental challenge in cetacean science and conservation. Advances in …

The impact of naval sonar on beaked whales is of increasing concern. In recent years the
presence of gas and fat embolism consistent with decompression sickness (DCS) has been …