No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

Connectivity among populations determines the dynamics and evolution of populations, and
its assessment is essential in ecology in general and in conservation biology in particular …

For the 40 years after the end of commercial whaling in 1976, humpback whale populations
in the North Pacific Ocean exhibited a prolonged period of recovery. Using mark–recapture …

The krill surplus hypothesis of unlimited prey resources available for Antarctic predators due
to commercial whaling in the 20th century has remained largely untested since the 1970s …

Книга является обобщением представлений и результатов многолетних исследований
по группам гидробионтов, слагающих низшие трофические уровни в экосистемах …

Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large
whales. Ship strikes are rarely witnessed and the distribution of strike risk and estimates of …

Humpback whales (M egaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating
from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter breeding grounds. The …

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to
near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but …

In addition to providing animals with a source of directional or 'compass' information, Earth's
magnetic field also provides a potential source of positional or 'map'information that animals …

Understanding the ecosystem effects of ocean warming is increasingly important as marine
heatwaves become more common and increase in severity. Here, we used Glacier Bay …