Manta and devil ray aggregations: conservation challenges and developments in the field

MD Palacios, JD Stewart, DA Croll… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Manta and devil rays (mobulids) are filter feeding elasmobranchs with extreme K-selective
life histories found circumglobally from temperate to tropical waters. Their vulnerability to …

Great Baleen Whales, Great Services

DM de Melo, FCF Hackradt, CW Hackradt - Regional Studies in Marine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over centuries, the human-whale interactions has evolved from perceiving them as
monsters to recognition of whales as vital contributors, particularly for coastal communities …

Changes in whistle parameters of two common bottlenose dolphin ecotypes as a result of the physical presence of the research vessel

S Antichi, J Urbán, S Martínez-Aguilar… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
In the presence of vessels, dolphins have been found to change their habitat, behavior,
group composition and whistle repertoire. The modification of the whistle parameters is …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience Components in Mexican Whale-Watching Regulation

IJ Espinoza-Rodríguez, RM Chávez-Dagostino… - Tourism and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Whale watching (WW) is a growing tourist activity that is at risk of becoming unsustainable.
Legislation regarding WW must mitigate adverse effects on species and address the …

[PDF][PDF] Cetacean Mortality Related to Ship Traffic in the Mexican Central Pacific.

C Lazcano-Pacheco, MA Onofre-Díaz… - Aquatic …, 2022 - aquaticmammalsjournal.org
Ship traffic can negatively affect marine wildlife, including cetaceans, especially in areas
where these mammals carry out relevant ecological activities (Halliday et al., 2022) …

Foraging segregation between spotted (Stenella attenuata) and spinner (Stenella longirostris) dolphins in the Mexican South Pacific

AB Enríquez‐García, F Villegas‐Zurita… - Marine Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coexistence among sympatric species requires a certain degree of resource partitioning. In
the Mexican South Pacific, information regarding the coexistence of Stenella attenuata (SA) …

[PDF][PDF] The spatial ecology and populations structure of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in mainland Mexico; Implications for management and …

N Ransome - Murdoch University, Western …, 2022 - researchportal.murdoch.edu.au
Effective management and conservation of large mysticete whales is challenged by their
extensive migrations and use of multiple seasonal habitats that often cross many national …