Kirsten F. Thompson

TL;DR: A review of the current state of development of seabed mining activities in areas both within and beyond national jurisdictions is presented in this article, where the uncertainties and gaps in scientific knowledge and understanding which render baseline and impact assessments particularly difficult for the deep sea.

TL;DR: Oceania is the least abundant humpback whale breeding population in the southern hemisphere, and Pradel models showed no significant trend in abundance, which contradicts the recovery seen in most other populations throughout the world.

TL;DR: Although the new species is closely-related to the rare ginkgo-toothed beaked whale M. ginkgodens, it is shown that these two lineages can be differentiated by maternally, biparentally, and paternally inherited DNA sequences, as well as by morphological features.

TL;DR: The spatial and temporal distribution of these records are used to provide new evidence for key habitat of these cryptic species and for seasonal and sex-biased patterns of stranding mortality.

TL;DR: The study highlights the utility of social media in providing data to create an inventory of marine species adversely affected by litter and the spatial distribution of these interactions.