Vidal Martín

TL;DR: Evidence of acute and chronic tissue damage in stranded cetaceans that results from the formation in vivo of gas bubbles is presented, challenging the view that these mammals do not suffer decompression sickness.

TL;DR: The present study demonstrates a new pathologic entity in cetaceans, apparently induced by exposure to mid-frequency sonar signals and particularly affects deep, long-duration, repetitive-diving species like BWs.

TL;DR: It is shown that several cetacean species have very high mean blubber PCB concentrations likely to cause population declines and suppress population recovery, and some locations are global PCB “hotspots” for marine mammals.

TL;DR: Wright et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effect of noise exposure on marine mammals and concluded that noise acts as a stressor to marine mammals, and that repeated and prolonged exposure to stressors (including or induced by noise) will be problematic for marine mammals.

TL;DR: Wright et al. as discussed by the authors studied the effect of exposure to noise on free-ranging animals and found that the context in which stressors are presented was important not only in affecting behavioral responses, but also in affecting the physiological and psychological responses.