Under the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are required …

Most species of baleen whales were subject to intensive overexploitation by commercial
whaling in this and previous centuries, and many populations were reduced to small fractions of …

The stomachs of 17 cetaceans of seven species (3 Kogia simus, 5 Stenella longirostris, 3 S.
graffmani, 2 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, 2 Delphinus delphis, 1 Lissodelphis borealis, and …

The world's river dolphins (Inia, Pontoporia, Lipotes and Platanista) are among the least
known and most endangered of all cetaceans. The four extant genera inhabit geographically …

No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

SINE (short interspersed element) insertion analysis elucidates contentious aspects in the
phylogeny of toothed whales and dolphins (Odontoceti), especially river dolphins. Here, we …

The conservation status of small cetaceans has significantly worsened since the 1980s, when
the baiji was the only species of small cetacean listed as Endangered by IUCN. Now the …

The role of environmental limitation and density-dependent regulation in shaping populations
is debated in ecology. Populations at low densities may offer an unobstructed view of …

The literature on organochlorine and metal contaminants in tissues of baleen whales includes
data for approximately 1000 individuals in 10 species from various oceans of the world. …

The recent likely extinction of the baiji (Chinese river dol-phin [Lipotes vexillifer])(Turvey et al.
2007) makes the vaquita (Gulf of California porpoise [Phocoena sinus]) the most …