Sentences with phrase «of other cetaceans»

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Not exact matches

This finding is startling to scientists who study cetaceans and other marine life, as it is becoming clearer that whales rely heavily on the integrity of their acoustic habitat.

This unihemispheric sleep allows dolphins and other cetaceans to get the benefits of sleep even as they remain aware of their pod mates and predators — and, presumably, experimental sounds, says Ridgway.

Among the issues these committees were asked to look into this year were the possible dangers of whale watching, the effects of chemical pollution on whales, how the IWC might protect dolphins, porpoises and other small cetaceans, and whether subsistence whaling by indigenous peoples should be subject to scientific management.

In 2010, Marino banded together with other scientists, activists, and philosophers to draft a «Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans» declaring that no whales and dolphins «should be held in captivity... or removed from their natural environment.»

How the millions of liters of oil will impact sperm whales and other cetaceans is an ongoing, unintentional science experiment.

DeRuiter BRS Presentation at Quebec SMM 09 This presentation also assesses vocal responses during BRS - 07 / 08, but also looks at other focal cetacean species (false killer whales and melon - headed whales) and identifies vocal «mimicry» of sonar sounds in false killer whales.

The same phenomenon may occur in other deep - diving whales when they are disturbed by human - generated noise in the oceans, which has been associated with strandings of deep - diving cetaceans such as beaked whales, she said.

These included the combined scientific methodologies and accomplishments of BRS - 07 / 08, as well as simultaneous biological and oceanographic measurements in the study area, detailed movement analysis of individual beaked whale responses, analyses of the vocal repertoires of tagged pilot whales prior to sound exposures, and results on vocal responses of pilot whales and other target cetacean species to controlled sound exposures.

Fewer predators (do not need the protection of a pod) in the current habitat - most lone dolphins are observed in coastal habitats, whereas when found in the open ocean lone dolphins will swim with other species of cetaceans

This Science - gone - mad scheme would have seen vital northern British Columbia habitat for humpback whales, orcas and numerous other species of cetaceans (as well as fish and marine life at large)-LSB-...]

The baleen whales (or mysticetes) are the other group of cetaceans.

Diversities and distributions of cetaceans are less known; southern right whales [16] and orcas are more common followed by other migratory baleen and toothed whales especially sperm and beaked whales prefer deep waters.

Participants will also record information on sharks, rays, turtles and cetaceans spotted during their stay and also periodically other species identified on the endangered lists of Fiji to support protection efforts by the Coral Reef Allowance and Fiji Fisheries.

A new species of Digenea (Trematoda: Brachycladiidae) from the Gervais» beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus, with comments on other cetacean liver flukes.

In attention to people's requests about the opportunity to guide larger expeditions for the observations of other kinds of cetacean; we have opened this section to offer you (a minimum of 6 people groups) the opportunity to take the most exciting circuit of cetacean world.

Both regional resident orca groups forfeit eating marine mammals and other large cetaceans in favor of munching solely on fish — salmon in particular.

While grey whales get the spotlight along the California coast, other cetaceans — including orcas, humpbacks, porpoises, dolphins, and gigantic blue whales — ply the waters at different times of year, bumping up your chances of seeing something amazing out there in the sea.

Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat.

That whale, detected because its voice was at a 52 - hertz frequency distinct from other large cetaceans, is the subject of a film and multimedia project that Grenier has been developing with the filmmakers Josh Zeman and Lucy Cooper.

A number of non-human animals, including the great apes, cetaceans (i.e. dolphins and whales), elephants, and parrots, exhibit characteristics and tendencies consistent with that of a person's traits like self - awareness, intentionality, creativity, symbolic communication, and many others.

Today, the Commission also works to understand and address a wide range of non-whaling threats to cetaceans including entanglement, ship strike, marine debris, climate change and other environmental concerns.

We suggest that infanticide must be considered as a factor shaping sociality in this and other species of cetaceans, and may have serious consequences for the viability of small populations.

Nor does this ban cover small cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), as Japan and a handful of other nations refuse to accept the IWC's jurisdiction over small cetaceans.

«The continued slaughter of endangered fin whales and other cetaceans essential for sustainable marine ecosystems represents a shameful deficit in Icelandic government's regulations in the face of such blatant short - term profiteering to the detriment of the long - term future of fish stocks and the marine environment so essential to the nation,» said Paul Thompson, director of the CarbonFix Foundation.

Brosnan — who was named «Best - Dressed Environmentalist» in 2004 and serves on the board of the Environmental Media Association — has long fought for dolphin - safe tuna rules and protested the U.S. Navy's widespread use of sonar, which can harm whales and other cetaceans.

We know that dolphins and other cetaceans are amazing communicators, capable of making far more sounds than humans, but so far we've been unable to know what they're saying.