| cdna-derived amino acid sequences of myoglobins from nine species of whales and dolphins. | we determined the myoglobin (mb) cdna sequences of nine cetaceans, of which six are the first reports of mb sequences: sei whale (balaenoptera borealis), bryde's whale (balaenoptera edeni), pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps), stejneger's beaked whale (mesoplodon stejnegeri), longman's beaked whale (indopacetus pacificus), and melon-headed whale (peponocephala electra), and three confirm the previously determined chemical amino acid sequences: sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus), common minke w ... | 2006 | 16962803 |
| initial characterization of novel beaked whale morbillivirus in hawaiian cetaceans. | cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) is a causative factor in epizootics that have resulted in thousands of deaths throughout the atlantic and mediterranean since 1987, but less is known of its presence and significance in the pacific. the first case of cemv reported in hawai'i was in a longman's beaked whale that stranded in 2010. the initial cemv sequence from this individual indicated the possibility of a novel strain. to address this, archived samples from cetaceans that stranded in hawai'i between ... | 2016 | 26758655 |
| description of sounds recorded from longman's beaked whale, indopacetus pacificus. | sounds from longman's beaked whale, indopacetus pacificus, were recorded during shipboard surveys of cetaceans surrounding the hawaiian islands archipelago; this represents the first known recording of this species. sounds included echolocation clicks and burst pulses. echolocation clicks were grouped into three categories, a 15 khz click (n = 106), a 25 khz click (n = 136), and a 25 khz pulse with a frequency-modulated upsweep (n = 70). the 15 and 25 khz clicks were relatively short (181 and 14 ... | 2011 | 22088038 |