There is scientific consensus that human activity through whale-watching is causing an
increasing amount of damage to the natural environment, which poses critical challenges to …

Marine megafauna serve valuable ecological and economical roles globally, yet, many
species have experienced precipitous population declines. The significance of marine …

Climate change is altering chemical, physical and biological processes in the marine
environment. Observed impacts driven by climate have been recorded and include changes …

Species distributional estimates are an essential tool to improve and implement effective
conservation and management measures. Nevertheless, obtaining accurate distributional …

Cetaceans are key sentinel species of marine ecosystems and ocean health, being a
strategic taxonomic group that evaluates the well-being of aquatic habitats and detects …

In oceanic ecosystems, the nature of barriers to gene flow and the processes by which
populations may become isolated are different from the terrestrial environment, and less well …

Abstract Knowledge of predator-prey interactions is key in ecological studies and
understanding ecosystem function, yet this is still poorly explored in the deep-sea …

The geographic location and oceanographic, physical, and chemical water properties make
the Canary Islands one of the planet's biodiversity hotspots. The short‐finned pilot whale …

Individuals from cetacean populations regularly using inshore waters can be more
vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures than those living in offshore areas. The monitoring of …

Wide-ranging connectivity patterns of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are
generally poorly known worldwide and more so within the oceanic archipelagos of …