Bone as a surrogate tissue to monitor metals in baleen whales.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.036
Abstract: Metals are massively deposited in the marine environment through direct emissions or atmospheric dry and wet depositions, a process since long enhanced by human activities. Metal contamination in the marine organisms has been increasingly investigated,… read more here.
Keywords: baleen whales; tissue; bone; tissue monitor ... See more keywords
Tooth Loss Precedes the Origin of Baleen in Whales
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.047
Abstract: Whales use baleen, a novel integumentary structure, to filter feed; filter feeding itself evolved at least five times in tetrapod history but demonstrably only once in mammals [1]. Living baleen whales (mysticetes) are born without… read more here.
Keywords: baleen whales; teeth baleen; evidence; tooth loss ... See more keywords
Marine soundscape variation reveals insights into baleen whales and their environment: a case study in central New Zealand
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201503
Abstract: Baleen whales reliably produce stereotyped vocalizations, enabling their spatio-temporal distributions to be inferred from acoustic detections. Soundscape analysis provides an integrated approach whereby vocal species, such as baleen whales, are sampled holistically with other acoustic… read more here.
Keywords: soundscape; new zealand; baleen whales; environment ... See more keywords
Exploring movement patterns and changing distributions of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15191
Abstract: Abstract Six baleen whale species are found in the temperate western North Atlantic Ocean, with limited information existing on the distribution and movement patterns for most. There is mounting evidence of distributional shifts in many… read more here.
Keywords: north atlantic; western north; baleen whales; decade ... See more keywords
Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16085
Abstract: Global warming is affecting the population dynamics and trophic interactions across a wide range of ecosystems and habitats. Translating these real‐time effects into their long‐term consequences remains a challenge. The rapid and extreme warming period… read more here.
Keywords: global warming; post lgm; lasting impacts; baleen whales ... See more keywords
Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.204172
Abstract: ABSTRACT The scale dependence of locomotor factors has long been studied in comparative biomechanics, but remains poorly understood for animals at the upper extremes of body size. Rorqual baleen whales include the largest animals, but… read more here.
Keywords: length; baleen whales; oscillatory frequency; speed ... See more keywords
Morphological variation of the relictual alveolar structures in the mandibles of baleen whales
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11890
Abstract: Living baleen whales (mysticetes) are bulk filter feeders that use keratinous baleen plates to filter food from prey laden water. Extant mysticetes are born entirely edentulous, though they possess tooth buds early in ontogeny, a… read more here.
Keywords: relictual alveolar; morphological variation; alveolar structures; baleen whales ... See more keywords