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Whales, Pilot

Known as: Pilot Whales, Globicephala, Pilot Whale 
The genus Globicephala, in the family Delphinidae, consisting of two species of DOLPHINS. They are mostly black with a stocky shape and bulbous… 
National Institutes of Health

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Globicephala macrorhynchusGlobicephala melas
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Ocean Dolphins

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Ecological Knowledge, Leadership, and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales
Review
2005
Review
2005
Circles of Support & Accountability: An Evaluation of the Pilot Project in South-Central Ontario
The latter part of the 20 th Century was witness to considerable renewed interest in restorative approaches to crime and offender… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Strouhal numbers and optimization of swimming by odontocete cetaceans
SUMMARY Swimming efficiencies of fish and cetaceans have been related to a certain synchrony between stroke cycle frequency, peak… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
BRAF as a potential therapeutic target in melanoma and other malignancies.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Behavioural evidence for social units in long-finned pilot whales
In general, mammal species show geographic or social dispersal by one or both sexes. Long-term behavioural observations and… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Distribution of mercury in the organs and tissues of five toothed-whale species of the Mediterranean.
Review
1998
Review
1998
Cephalopods as a vector for the transfer of cadmium to top marine predators in the north-east Atlantic Ocean.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Urban Planning at Los
  • 1988
  • Corpus ID: 18681969
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Organochlorine chemical and heavy metal contaminants in white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) from the coast of Newfoundland, Canada
Polychlorinated biphenyls (∑PCB), DDT isomers (∑DDT), chlordanes (∑CHLOR), toxaphene, chlorobenzenes and hexachlorocyclohexane… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Characterization of two influenza A viruses from a pilot whale
Influenza A viruses of the H13N2 and H13N9 subtypes were isolated from the lung and hilar node of a pilot whale. Serological… 
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