Our knowledge of the form of lateralized sleep behavior, known as unihemispheric slow
wave sleep (USWS), seen in all members of the order Cetacea examined to date, is …

There is a need for monitoring the status and trends of freshwater biodiversity in order to
quantify the impacts of human actions on freshwater systems and to improve freshwater …

A Guide to the Mammals of China is an outgrowth of the desire of the Biodiversity Working
Group (BWG) of the China Council for International Cooperation in Environment and …

Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are
of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental …

Standardized diet compositions were derived for 97 species of marine mammals from
published accounts of stomach contents as well as from morphological, behavioural and …

The degree of competition between fisheries and marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean was
estimated for 7 statistical areas defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

Marine mammals have greatly benefitted from a shift from resource exploitation towards
conservation. Often lauded as symbols of conservation success, some marine mammal …

The lack of comprehensive sighting data sets precludes the application of standard habitat
suitability modeling approaches to predict distributions of the majority of marine mammal …

Critical habitat for marine mammals is defined in terms of the functioning ecological units
required for successful breeding and foraging. This definition is used to consider the …

Des modèles généralisés de survie ont été appliqués aux courbes de croissance publiées
de 17 espèces de cétacés (5 mysticètes, 12 odontocètes) et 13 espèces de pinnipèdes (1 …