Ecosystems today are under growing pressure, with human domination at many scales. It is
difficult, however, to gauge what has changed or been lost–and why–in the absence of data …

Biologists increasingly appreciate the importance of community-level attributes in the
functioning and temporal turnover of ecosystems, but data other than species richness are …

Stranded marine mammals are an important source of information and biological samples
on cetacean population. Nevertheless, collecting stranding data remains opportunistic and …

Understanding temporal patterns of marine mammal occurrence is useful for establishing
conservation strategies. We used a 38 yr-long dataset spanning 1976 to 2013 to describe …

With the dramatic increase in anthropogenic threats to the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), the
population size of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) has significantly …

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are expected to be adversely impacted by a warming Arctic
due to melting of the sea‐ice platform from which they hunt ice‐breeding seals. We …

Stranded cetaceans have long intrigued naturalists because their causation has escaped
singular explanations. Regardless of cause, strandings also represent a sample of the living …

There are many factors that may explain why cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)
strand. Around the UK and Ireland, over 20,000 stranding records have been collected since …

Ecological indicators for monitoring strategies are expected to combine three major
characteristics: ecological significance, statistical credibility, and cost-effectiveness …

Marine mammal mass strandings have occurred for millions of years, but their origins defy
singular explanations. Beyond human causes, mass strandings have been attributed to …