Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2007)
In small birds, mass-dependent predation risk (MDPR) is known to make the trade-off between avoiding starvation and avoiding predation dependent on individual mass. This occurs because carrying increased fat reserves…
Current Biology (2016)
Marine mammals have adapted to forage while holding their breath in a suite of aquatic habitats from shallow rivers to deep oceans. The key to tolerate such extensive apnea is…
Science of the Total Environment (2016)
The concentration of trace elements (TEs) and their risk to narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) are still unclear. The present study determined the concentration of typical TEs in liver, kidney,…
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Investigations on Cetacea (1993)
Of the 79 recent species of cetaceans 51 have been examined relative to the osteology of the flipper and the scapula and, in addition to this, video-recordings of 13 different…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
The geographical variation of the colour types of the species indicates three local stocks in the northwestern North Pacific and western Bering Sea (WNP/BS), off the Pacific coast of Japan…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1975)
(...) This 114 cm male specimen had a small hole in the genital aperture just in between the anus and the penis opening. Investigating with a surgical tool, the examiner…