In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will
be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality …

The Upper Gulf of California is a diverse and highly productive ecosystem supporting some
of the most important fisheries in Mexico, yet a history of weak fisheries management and …

Coastal reintroduction sites for California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) can lead to
elevated halogenated organic compound (HOC) exposure and potential health impacts due …

Odontocetes are globally distributed and are foundational to the structure and function of
marine food webs, and hence bycatch impacts from gillnet fishing need to be considered in …

Abstract Although the Gulf of California is widely recognized as a region of high productivity
and biodiversity, recent oceanographic and ecological changes have had a significant …

The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is a critically endangered cetacean species
endemic to coastal Atlantic waters of Africa. Its preference for shallow coastal habitat renders …

Globally, the bycatch of marine mammals in fisheries represents the greatest source of
human-caused mortality that threatens the sustainability of many populations and species …

The Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) is “endangered” with likely less than
500 animals remaining in South African waters. Established in 2016, the SouSA Consortium …

The state of scientific knowledge about the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, is presented, a critically
endangered endemic species of the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. Several bibliographic …

Protecting habitat, or pieces of open ocean, for highly mobile marine mammal species that
traverse ocean basins presents one of the greatest challenges in marine conservation …