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First Stranding Event of a Common Minke Whale Calf,Balaenoptera acutorostrataLacépède, 1804, Reported in Spanish Mediterranean Waters

2015

1 Marine Zoology Unit, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, PO Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain 2 Oceanografic, Veterinary Services, Parques Reunidos Valencia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, C/ Eduardo Primo Yufera 1B, 46013 Valencia, Spain 3 VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Av Puerta del Hierro s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Mediterranean climateFisheryGeographyBalaenopterabiologyAnimal healthAnimal Science and ZoologyMinke whalebiology.organism_classificationValenciaMammal Study
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Consumption of pelagic tunicates by cetaceans calves in the Mediterranean Sea

2018

Gelatinous zooplankton, including jellyfish, ctenophores and pelagic tunicates, constitutes fragile marine animals that live in the water column, and represent an important resource for marine food webs through their seasonal pulses. Although there is scarce evidence on the occurrence of gelatinous zooplankton in stomach contents of apex, endothermic predators such as cetaceans, the ecological significance of such observations requires consideration. In this study, we report on the occurrence of pelagic tunicates in the stomach of three individual calves of two cetacean species from the western Mediterranean, and collate all previous reports of gelatinous zooplankton in cetacean diets. We t…

0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateGelatinous zooplanktonJellyfishEnvironmental Engineeringjuvenile cetaceanZoologyStomach contentAquatic ScienceOceanography010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesPredationSuction feedingWater columnMediterranean seaRisso’s dolphinbiology.animalZoologíasuction feedingEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCommon minke whaleJuvenile cetaceanbiologyPyrosoma010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyfungiPelagic zoneSalpa.Salpabiology.organism_classificationstomach contentsPelagic tunicatesEcological significancecommon minke whale
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Diphyllobothriids (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) off the Faroe Islands, with comments …

1993

The taxonomy of marine species of the genus Diphyllobothrium, particularly those parasitic in cetaceans, is rather confused. During parasitological investigations of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas from waters off the Faroe Islands, five diphyllobothriid species were detected: Diphyllobothrium sp. (possibly D. polyrugosum), D. stemmacephalum, Diphyllobothrium sp. A, Diphyllobothrium sp. B and Diphyllobothriidae sp. D. stemmacephalum is reported for the first time from G. melas. The stituation regarding the taxonomy of Diphylobothrium species from cetaceans is briefly reviewed. It is concluded that the recent development of genetic techniques may be of great value in relation to …

PseudophyllideabiologyAnimal ecologyZoologyCetaceaParasitologyTaxonomy (biology)Minke whalebiology.organism_classificationGlobicephala melasPilot whaleDiphyllobothriumSystematic Parasitology
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