A Preliminary Comparison on Faecal Microbiomes of Free-Ranging Large Baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and Toothed (Physeter macrocephalus) Whales.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01729-4
Abstract: Large baleen and toothed whales play crucial ecological roles in oceans; nonetheless, very little is known about their intestinal microbiomes. Based on striking differences in natural history and thus in feeding behaviours, it can be… read more here.
Keywords: baleen; baleen toothed; toothed whales; free ranging ... See more keywords
Prenatal developmental sequence of the skull of minke whales and its implications for the evolution of mysticetes and the teeth‐to‐baleen transition
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13029
Abstract: Baleen whales (Mysticeti) have an extraordinary fossil record documenting the transition from toothed raptorial taxa to modern species that bear baleen plates, keratinous bristles employed in filter‐feeding. Remnants of their toothed ancestry can be found… read more here.
Keywords: baleen; transition; skull; anatomy ... See more keywords
A perfectly inelastic collision: Bulk prey engulfment by baleen whales and dynamical implications for the world's largest cetaceans
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DOI: 10.1119/10.0001771
Abstract: The largest animals are the rorquals, a group of whales which rapidly engulf large aggregations of small-bodied animals along with the water in which they are embedded, with the latter subsequently expulsed via filtration through… read more here.
Keywords: baleen; water; inelastic collision; perfectly inelastic ... See more keywords
Oral cavity hydrodynamics and drag production in Balaenid whale suspension feeding
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175220
Abstract: Balaenid whales feed on large aggregates of small and slow-moving prey (predominantly copepods) through a filtration process enabled by baleen. These whales exhibit continuous filtration, namely, with the mouth kept partially opened and the baleen… read more here.
Keywords: baleen; filtration; hydrodynamics; oral cavity ... See more keywords
Molecular markers in keratins from Mysticeti whales for species identification of baleen in museum and archaeological collections
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183053
Abstract: Baleen has been harvested by indigenous people for thousands of years, as well as collected by whalers as an additional product of commercial whaling in modern times. Baleen refers to the food-filtering system of Mysticeti… read more here.
Keywords: baleen; mysticeti whales; museum; species identification ... See more keywords