Wild animals are increasingly exposed to human‐induced threats in the ocean realm.
Cetacean species, as predators and biomonitoring models, are subjected to a variety of …

This chapter reviews a range of noninfectious diseases documented in marine mammals,
excluding those known to be associated with toxicoses and nutritional deficiencies (see …

Worldwide, cetaceans are impacted by human activities, and those populations that occur in
shallow-nearshore habitats are particularly vulnerable. We present the results of the first …

We document the macroscopic phenotypic characteristics (relative size, location, pattern,
colour, extension), prevalence and evolution of five types of skin disorders of unknown …

Humpback dolphins (genus Sousa), obligatory inshore delphinids, are frequently exposed to
adverse effects of many human activities. In Hong Kong, one of the world's most urbanised …

Streptococcus iniae has emerged as an important fish pathogen over the past few decades
causing high losses in aquaculture farms all over the world. At least 27 species of fish have …

Abstract Coastal cetaceans in Southeast Asia are poorly studied and are particularly
vulnerable to anthropogenic threats, especially in intensive fishing grounds. To investigate …

Abstract Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) inhabiting the Chinese
coastline of the northern South China Sea are subject to intense human activity. To …

We investigated between 2014 and 2016 the concentrations of PCBs, DDTs and HCB and
trace elements in blubber and skin samples of Australian humpback and snubfin dolphins …

Simple Summary The population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
endemic to the inshore and estuarine waters of western Taiwan was identified as a …