Small cetacean captures in Peruvian artisanal fisheries: High despite protective legislation

Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Cáceres, Celia; Bearhop, Stuart; Witt, Matthew J.; Godley, Brendan J.
Biological Conservation (2010)

We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured during 66…

Molecular identification of small cetacean samples from Peruvian fish markets

Tzika, Athanasia C.; D’Amico, Eva; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Milinkovitch, Michel C.
Conservation Genetics (2010)

In the last 60 years, incidental entanglement in fishing gears (so called by-catch) became the main cause of mortality worldwide for small cetaceans and is pushing several populations and species…

Odontocetes of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary

Van Waerebeek, K.; Leaper, R.; Baker, A. N.; Papastavrou, V.; Thiele, D.; Findlay, K.; Donovan, G.; Ensor, P.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2010)

Twenty-eight odontocete species were identified as occupying sub-Antarctic and Antarctic habitat covered by the 1994 IWC-established Southern Ocean Sanctuary. Toothed whales evidently play an important part in the Antarctic polar…

Using T-PODs to assess variations in the occurrence of coastal bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises

Bailey, Helen; Clay, Gemma; Coates, Elizabeth A.; Lusseau, David; Senior, Bridget; Thompson, Paul M.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2010)

1. Assessments of anthropogenic impacts on cetaceans are often constrained by limited data on the extent to which these species use particular areas. 2. Timing porpoise detectors (T-PODs) are autonomous…

Passive acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise, in Cardigan Bay, Wales, with implications for habitat use and partitioning

Simon, Malene; Nuuttila, Hanna; Reyes-Zamudio, Mercedes M.; Ugarte, Fernando; Verfub, Ursula; Evans, Peter G.H.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2010)

Knowledge about harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphin occurrence in Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Wales, is limited to daylight hours during summer, when conditions are suitable for traditional…

Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: A potential general health indicator for cetaceans

Van Bressem, M. F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Aznar, F. J.; Raga, J. A.; Jepson, P. D.; Duignan, P.; Deaville, R.; Flach, L.; Viddi, F.; Baker, J. R.; Di Beneditto, A. P.; Echegaray, M.; Genov, T.; Reyes, J.; Felix, F.; Gaspar, R.; Ramos, R.; Peddemors, V.; Sanino, G. P.; Siebert, U.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2009)

The presence of tattoo skin disease (TSD) was examined in 1392 free-ranging and dead odontocetes comprising 17 species from the Americas, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and Greenland. We investigated…