Odontocetes: The toothed whales
Culik, B.M. (2011). Odontocetes: The toothed whales. CMS Technical Series, 24. United Nations Environment Programme/Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)/Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS): Bonn. ISBN 978-3-937429-92-2. 311 pp.https://www.cms.int/en/publication/odontocetes-toothed-whales-0 Part of: CMS Technical Series. CMS Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals/UNEP: Bonn. ISSN 1727-6934, more |   |
| Keywords | Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic mammals > Marine mammals
Odontoceti Flower, 1867 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Culik, B.M.
- Wurtz, M., illustrator
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| Abstract | The conservation status of the toothed whales has worsened dramatically since 2001. Since then, more species have been listed in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable and Nearly Threatended, while the Baiji river dolphin, which used to live in the Yangtze River, is now probably extinct. One major threat to toothed whales world wide is entanglement in fishing gear. This alone claimed an unsustainably high death toll and for 86% of all toothed whale species, entanglement and death in gillnets, traps, weirs, purse seines, longlines and trawls poses a major risk. Lack of food and forced dietary shifts due to overfishing pose additional threats to 13 species. This encyclopaedia outlines the most recent findings in many areas of cetacean biology, from genetic work to habitat and dietary preferences, schooling and reactions to human induced noise. It will greatly facilitate the development and implementation of action plans that may help reduce the threats to many whale species. |
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