The lack of integrated long‐term data on health, diseases, and toxicant effects in Arctic
marine mammals severely limits our ability to predict the effects of climate change on marine …

This study describes the pathologic findings and most probable causes of death (CD) of 224
cetaceans stranded along the coastline of the Canary Islands (Spain) over a 7-year period …

Between 1999 and 2005, 233 stranded cetaceans (comprising 19 species) were reported in
the waters of the Canary Islands. Of these, 138/233 (59.2%) were subjected to a complete or …

Baleen and sperm whales, belonging to the Order Cetartiodactyla, are the largest and
heaviest existent mammals in the world, collectively known as large whales. Large whales …

The present study represents the first report on the gastrointestinal parasite fauna infecting
the free-living and alive Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) inhabiting …

The ectoparasitic seal louse, Echinophthirius horridus infects harbour (Phoca vitulina) and
grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the North and Baltic Sea. The endoparasitic heartworm …

The reader may wonder why, within a book of biology and conservation of marine mammals,
a chapter should be devoted to their parasites. There are four fundamental reasons. First …

Information regarding parasitic fauna of cetaceans from Costa Rica is provided for the first
time. A total of 25 stranded dolphins and whales were examined between 2001 and 2009 …

Sewage and its microbiology, treatment and disposal are important to the topic of Antarctic
wildlife health because disposal of untreated sewage effluent into the Antarctic marine …

A recently reestablished and increasing population of Hawaiian monk seals in the main
Hawaiian Islands (MHI) is encouraging for this endangered species. However, seals in the …