| prevalence of vesicular exanthema of swine antibodies among feral mammals associated with the southern california coastal zones. | serum-neutralizing antibodies to both vesicular exanthema of swine virus (vesv) and san miguel sea lion virus (smsv) were found in a number of animal species having an association with the southern california coastal zones. california sea lions (zalophus californianus) had antibodies to 9 vesv types (a48, c52, d53, e54, f54, g55, i55, j56, and k56). fur seals (callorhinus ursinus) and elephant seal pups (mirounga angustirostris) were tested for antibodies to 6 vesv types and all were negative. c ... | 1978 | 629463 |
| assessing the risk of ships striking large whales in marine spatial planning. | marine spatial planning provides a comprehensive framework for managing multiple uses of the marine environment and has the potential to minimize environmental impacts and reduce conflicts among users. spatially explicit assessments of the risks to key marine species from human activities are a requirement of marine spatial planning. we assessed the risk of ships striking humpback (megaptera novaeangliae), blue (balaenoptera musculus), and fin (balaenoptera physalus) whales in alternative shippi ... | 2013 | 23521668 |
| high mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the u.s. west coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection. | 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 mortality remain uncertain at best. we estimated ship strike mortality for blue humpback and fin whales in u.s. west coast waters using a novel application of a naval encounter model. mortality estimates from the model were far higher than current minimum estimates derived from stranding records and are closer to ... | 2017 | 28827838 |
| fin whales and microplastics: the mediterranean sea and the sea of cortez scenarios. | the impact that microplastics have on baleen whales is a question that remains largely unexplored. this study examined the interaction between free-ranging fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) and microplastics by comparing populations living in two semi-enclosed basins, the mediterranean sea and the sea of cortez (gulf of california, mexico). the results indicate that a considerable abundance of microplastics and plastic additives exists in the neustonic samples from pelagos sanctuary of the medi ... | 2016 | 26637933 |
| genetic evidence of illegal trade in protected whales links japan with the us and south korea. | we report on genetic identification of 'whale meat' purchased in sushi restaurants in los angeles, ca (usa) in october 2009 and in seoul, south korea in june and september 2009. phylogenetic analyses of mtdna cytochrome b sequences confirmed that the products included three species of whale currently killed in the controversial scientific whaling programme of japan, but which are protected from international trade: the fin, sei and antarctic minke. the dna profile of the fin whale sold in seoul ... | 2010 | 20392716 |
| organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) from the gulf of california. | the present study reports unique data on concentrations of several classes of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in blubber biopsies from healthy living fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) from the gulf of california, mexico, one of the most isolated and unstudied population in the world. oc levels in this population were generally lower than levels reported in fin whales from other regions. the rank order of ocs were sigmaddts (range from 300 to 2400 ng g(-1) lw) > sigmapcbs ... | 2010 | 19480015 |