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The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge
- J. Schipper, Janice S. Chanson, +127 authors B. E. Young
- Biology, Environmental Science
- Science
- 10 October 2008
Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the… Expand
The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
- H. Hop, T. Pearson, +25 authors S. Gerland
- Environmental Science
- 6 January 2002
Kongsfjorden is a glacial fjord in the Arctic (Svalbard) that is influenced by both Atlantic and Arctic water masses and harbours a mixture of boreal and Arctic flora and fauna. Inputs from large… Expand
The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates
- M. Hoffmann, C. Hilton-Taylor, +171 authors S. Stuart
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 10 December 2010
Assessing Biodiversity Declines Understanding human impact on biodiversity depends on sound quantitative projection. Pereira et al. (p. 1496, published online 26 October) review quantitative… Expand
FEEDING RATES OF SEALS AND WHALES
- S. Innes, D. Lavigne, W. M. Earle, K. Kovacs
- Biology
- 1 February 1987
SUMMARY (1) The hypothesis that rates of food consumption by marine mammals are similar to those of terrestrial mammals was tested by comparing rates of food consumption of nongrowing and growing,… Expand
Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change
- Michela Pacifici, W. Foden, +38 authors Carlo Rondinini
- 1 March 2015
The effects of climate change on biodiversity are increasingly well documented, and many methods have been developed to assess species' vulnerability to climatic changes, both ongoing and projected… Expand
Marine mammals and the community structure of the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada: evidence from stable isotope analysis
- V. Lesage, M. Hammill, K. Kovacs
- Biology
- 26 January 2001
The trophic relationships of both the benthic and pelagic communities in the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence regions were examined, with a special focus on the trophic position (TP) and… Expand
Functional classification of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) dives using depth profiles, swimming velocity, and an index of foraging success
- V. Lesage, M. Hammill, K. Kovacs
- Biology
- 1 July 1999
Time-depth-speed recorders and stomach-temperature sensors were deployed on 11 harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the St. Lawrence estuary to examine their diving and foraging behavior. Fifty-four… Expand
A simple new algorithm to filter marine mammal Argos locations
- C. Freitas, C. Lydersen, M. Fedak, K. Kovacs
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2008
During recent decades satellite telemetry using the Argos system has been used extensively to track many species of marine mammals. However, the aquatic behavior of most of these species results in a… Expand
Allometry of diving capacity in air-breathing vertebrates
- J. F. Schreer, K. Kovacs
- Biology
- 1 March 1997
Maximum diving depths and durations were examined in relation to body mass for birds, marine mammals, and marine turtles. There were strong allometric relationships between these parameters (log10… Expand
The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people
- B. Scheffers, L. De Meester, +14 authors J. Watson
- Geography, Medicine
- Science
- 11 November 2016
Accumulating impacts Anthropogenic climate change is now in full swing, our global average temperature already having increased by 1°C from preindustrial levels. Many studies have documented… Expand