The ability to accurately gauge the body condition of free‐swimming cetaceans is invaluable
in population and conservation biology, due to the direct implications that this measure has …

Climate change directly impacts the foraging opportunities of cetaceans (eg lower prey
availability), leads to habitat loss, and forces cetaceans to move to other feeding grounds …

Understanding health and mortality in killer whales (Orcinus orca) is crucial for management
and conservation actions. We reviewed pathology reports from 53 animals that stranded in …

Several hormones are potential indicators of stress in free-ranging animals and provide
information on animal health in managed-care settings. In response to stress …

Climate change has resulted in physical and biological changes in the world's oceans. How
the effects of these changes are buffered by top predator populations, and therefore how …

Marine mammals are vulnerable to the bioaccumulation, biomagnification and lactational
transfer of specific types of pollutants, such as industrial polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly toxic and persistent aquatic pollutants that are
known to bioaccumulate in a variety of marine mammals. They have been associated with …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic, persistent, and lipophilic chemical compounds
that accumulate to high levels in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and other …

Longitudinal data on individual growth and seasonal changes in body mass, girth, and
blubber thickness are rarely available for cetaceans, making it difficult to assess their …

Bioenergetic approaches are increasingly used to understand how marine mammal
populations could be affected by a changing and disturbed aquatic environment. There …