We thank the fisherman José“Cata”,Grisel Velásquez(UNISIG-IVIC),Laboratory of Ecosystems and Global Change,Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research,PADI Foundation(N°40470);the Cetacean Society International and the Society of Marine Mammalogy for their funding which enabled this study.
This study represents the first comprehensive analysis of the residency patterns of a coastal population of bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Aragua,Venezuela,over a multi-year period.Using photo-identification,the ...
This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41406182,41306169,and 41422604);the biodiversity investigation,observation,and assessment program(2019-2023)of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China;Research Grants Council(RGC)of Hong Kong(General Research Fund HKU 768913M);Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund(MEEF2017015,MEEF2017015A,MEEF2017015B,and MEEF2017015C);Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong(MM01-1415,MM02-1516,AW02-1920,AW04_1617,MM01_1920).
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins(Sousa chinensis)inhabit shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region including southeast China,with at least 6 putative populations identified to date in Chinese waters.However,the ...
This study was part of a larger monitoring and surveillance project commissioned and funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service(NPWS);Department of Culture,Heritage and the Gaeltacht(CHG);Republic of Ireland.Natterjack toads were collected under Government license(No.C098/2016).
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List,41%of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction,making them more threatened than any other vertebrate group nowadays.Given t...
The only known predictable aggregation of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) occurs in the Australian offshore waters of the northern Great Barrier Reef in May-August each year. The identification ...
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