Molecular epidemiology of Anisakis and anisakiasis: an ecological and evolutionary road map

S Mattiucci, P Cipriani, A Levsen, M Paoletti… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review addresses the biodiversity, biology, distribution, ecology, epidemiology, and
consumer health significance of the so far known species of Anisakis, both in their natural …

Evaluating the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans

S Baulch, C Perry - Marine pollution bulletin, 2014 - Elsevier
Global in its distribution and pervading all levels of the water column, marine debris poses a
serious threat to marine habitats and wildlife. For cetaceans, ingestion or entanglement in …

Microplastic and macroplastic ingestion by a deep diving, oceanic cetacean: the True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus

AL Lusher, G Hernandez-Milian, J O'Brien… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
When mammals strand, they present a unique opportunity to obtain insights into their
ecology. In May 2013, three True's beaked whales (two adult females and a female calf) …

Why whales are big but not bigger: physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants

JA Goldbogen, DE Cade, DM Wisniewska, J Potvin… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The largest animals are marine filter feeders, but the underlying mechanism of their large
size remains unexplained. We measured feeding performance and prey quality to …

[图书][B] Cephalopods of the world-an annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Vol 2. Myopsid and oegopsid squids

P Jereb, CFE Roper - 2010 - oceanrep.geomar.de
This is the second volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the
original FAO Catalogue of Cephalopods of the World (1984). The present Volume is a …

Extreme diving of beaked whales

PL Tyack, M Johnson, NA Soto… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
Sound-and-orientation recording tags (DTAGs) were used to study 10 beaked whales of two
poorly known species, Ziphius cavirostris (Zc) and Mesoplodon densirostris (Md). Acoustic …

Beaked whales echolocate on prey

M Johnson, PT Madsen… - … of the Royal …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidea) of the genera Ziphius and Mesoplodon are so difficult
to study that they are mostly known from strandings. How these elusive toothed whales use …

Ingestion of macroplastics by odontocetes of the Greek Seas, Eastern Mediterranean: Often deadly!

P Alexiadou, I Foskolos, A Frantzis - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is an omnipresent problem that threatens marine animals through ingestion
and entanglement. Marine mammals are no exception to this rule but their interaction with …

Pathologic findings and causes of death of stranded cetaceans in the Canary Islands (2006-2012)

J Díaz-Delgado, A Fernández, E Sierra, S Sacchini… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
This study describes the pathologic findings and most probable causes of death (CD) of 224
cetaceans stranded along the coastline of the Canary Islands (Spain) over a 7-year period …

Cost of living dictates what whales, dolphins and porpoises eat: the importance of prey quality on predator foraging strategies

J Spitz, AW Trites, V Becquet, A Brind'Amour, Y Cherel… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the mechanisms that drive prey selection is a major challenge in foraging
ecology. Most studies of foraging strategies have focused on behavioural costs, and have …