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The six most important threats for petrels and shearwaters
Shearwaters and petrels are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all the world’s oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 120 species. They have bet-hedging life histories...
The diet of the bottlenose dolphin described by stomach content and stable isotope analyses
The ecological role of species can vary among populations depending on local and regional differences in diet. This is particularly true for top predators such as the bottlenose dolphin, which...
Chondrichthyans as sentinels of xenobiotics in the ecosystem
Sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras play an important role as predators in the ecosystems. These species could serve as potential sentinels for the presence of xenobiotics in marine ecosystems. In...