ReviewEcology and evolution2020
Evaluating cetacean body condition; a review of traditional approaches and new developments.
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- Validation of aerial photogrammetry methods to measure body size, condition and mass in small cetaceans.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Costs of maternal care revealed through body conditionin Northern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca).Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Optimized methods for obtaining sequencing-quality RNA from blubber of free-ranging cetaceans collected under field conditions.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Ontogenetic shifts in morphology and ecology of eastern Pacific white sharks revealed by computer vision.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Successful Rescue of a Juvenile Humpback Whale (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Estimating Total Body Lipid Store of Free-Ranging Whales In Vivo Using Drone Photogrammetry and Biologging Tags.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Differences in the functional use of two migratory stopovers by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).PloS one · 2025Article
- Physical Measures of Welfare in Fin (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Emaciated enigma: Decline in body conditions of common dolphins in the Celtic Seas ecoregion.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Assessment of Body Condition in a Threatened Dolphin Population in an Anthropized Area in Southeastern Brazil.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Decadal decline in maternal body condition of a Southern Ocean capital breeder.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Variation in blubber thickness and histology metrics across the body topography of a false killer whale (Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Interpretation of southern hemisphere humpback whale diet via stable isotopes; implications of tissue-specific analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
- A Multi-Matrix Metabolomic Approach in Ringed Seals and Beluga Whales to Evaluate Contaminant and Climate-Related Stressors.Metabolites · 2022Article
- Climate change and cetacean health: impacts and future directions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
- First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Observation of Epimeletic Behavior in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics.Conservation physiology · 2022Article
- Analysis of body condition indices reveals different ecotypes of the Antillean manatee.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
The ability to accurately gauge the body condition of free-swimming cetaceans is invaluable in population and conservation biology, due to the direct implications that this measure has on individual fitness, survival, and reproductive success. Furthermore, monitoring temporal change in body condition offers insight into foraging success over time, and therefore the health of the supporting ecosystem, as well as a species' resilience. These parameters are particularly relevant in the context of widespread and accelerated, climate-induced habitat change. There are, however, significant logistical challenges involved with research and monitoring of large cetaceans, which often preclude direct measure of body condition of live individuals. Consequently, a wide variety of indirect approaches, or proxies, for estimating energetic stores have been proposed over past decades. To date, no single, standardized, approach has been shown to serve as a robust estimation of body condition across species, age categories, and in both live and dead individuals. Nonetheless, it is clear that streamlining and advancing body condition measures would carry significant benefits for diverse areas of cetacean research and management. Here, we review traditional approaches and new applications for the evaluation of cetacean energetic reserves. Specific attention is given to the criteria of measure performance (sensitivity and accuracy), level of invasiveness, cost and effort required for implementation, as well as versatility e.g. applicability across different species, age groups, as well as living versus deceased animals. Measures have been benchmarked against these criteria in an effort to identify key candidates for further development, and key research priorities in the field.
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