Biblioteca

El cambio climático es una emergencia medioambiental que amenaza a especies y ecosistemas en todo el mundo. Los océanos han...

A long-term study of a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population inhabiting the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador (2°33′...

Skull shape analysis provides useful information on wildlife ecology and potential local adaptations. Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)...

Orcas (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predators of the ocean, targeting multiple taxa including teleost fishes, elasmobranchs...

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is an endangered and highly migratory species, of which solitary individuals or aggregations...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are found circumglobally in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate waters, and their known seasonal...

Patterns of genetic structure in highly mobile marine vertebrates may be accompanied by phenotypic variation. Most studies in marine turtles...

Seasonal and interannual (El Niño–La Niña) variations in dolphin distributions in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean have not been quantified...

The sperm whale lives in most deep ice-free waters of the globe. It was targeted during two periods of whaling...

Climatic variability changes ocean productivity and generates systematic cascading effects in marine food webs. Studying the feeding ecology of top...

Located in the eastern tropical Pacific, the Galápagos Islands are an oceanic insular ecosystem subject to strong environmental variability driven...

The human ingestion of mercury (Hg) from sea food is of big concern worldwide due to adverse health effects, and...

Fish aggregating devices (FADs) are floating objects typically used to attract and capture pelagic fish in industrial tuna fisheries. This...

The use of small cetaceans as bait is a practice that has been reported worldwide, affecting the conservation status of...

A pesar de ser una especie conspicua en la costa central de Perú (~12°S), existe poca información sobre el estado...

Fjord ecosystems serve as crucial habitats for elasmobranchs, supporting them across all life stages. Chilean Patagonia provides one of the...

This preliminary note briefly reports on cetacean strandings and interactions with fishing nets (mostly gillnets) on the Ecuadorian coast. Between...

The presence of the offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is poorly understood for most of the southeast Pacific Ocean. Its...

We succinctly summarize population ID information for common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus of the Pacific coast of South America, covering...

Variation in dorsal fin morphology was assessed in five bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations from the Southeast Pacific...

Here, we report the first sighting records of Bryde's whales in Nicaragua. Four sightings were made in 2022 during boat-based...

The conservation and management of marine ecosystems hinge on a comprehensive understanding of the status and trends of top predators...

Metabarcoding studies using environmental DNA (eDNA) and high-throughput sequencing (HTS) are rapidly becoming an important tool for assessing and monitoring...

Monitoring large marine mammals is challenging due to their low abundances in general, an ability to move over large distances...

Anthropogenic activities and climate change are affecting marine ecosystemsworld-wide, but systematic biodiversity assessments through periodic biomoni-toring can be challenging and...

Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are a highly migratory species exposed to a wide range of environmental factors during their...

The natural world is inherently noisy, and animals that communicate acoustically must evolve ways of ensuring signal transmission
fidelity in...

We implemented Machine Learning (ML) techniques to advance the study of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) bioacoustics. This entailed...

Sperm whale society is structured into clans that are primarily distinguished by vocal dialects, which may be symbolic markers of...

Cultural transmission of behaviour is an important aspect of many animal communities ranging from humans to birds. Male humpback whales...

Humpback whales undertake one of the longest known migrations of any mammal. While their migration route generally extends between latitudes...

Machine learning has been advancing dramatically over the past decade. Most strides are human-based applications due to the availability of...

Acoustic communication is an important aspect of reproductive, foraging and social behaviours for many marine species. Northeast Pacific blue whales...

Worldwide, the frequency (pitch) of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) calls has been decreasing since first recorded in the...

Los eventos de varamientos de mega vertebrados se están reportando con mayor frecuencia en los últimos años. La costa peruana...

Marine traffic is increasing globally yet collisions with endangered megafauna such as whales, sea turtles, and planktivorous sharks go largely...

Concern about the effects of maritime vessel collisions with marine animals is increasing worldwide. To date, most scientific publications on...

Historical accounts of large whales in Peruvian waters existed before modern commercial whaling. Research on baleen and sperm (Physeter...

The coastal form of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata graffmani) is commonly found along the Pacific coast of...

Residency of the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) in Chatham and Wafer Bays, Isla del Coco National Park...

Information on the life history and demographics of oceanic manta rays Mobula birostris remains scarce. Using photo-ID data, we describe...