Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae)
: We investigated the relationship between age and body length, and age at sexual maturity of Physeter macrocephalus individuals stranded along the Italian coast. Our molecular analysis shows that all our samples belong to the C.001.002 haplotype, shared between Atlantic and Mediterranean population...
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ftunimessinairis:oai:iris.unime.it:11570/3248638 2024-04-21T08:10:27+00:00 Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/11570/3248638 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010079 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/36611689 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000910372200001 volume:13 issue:1 firstpage:79 lastpage:90 numberofpages:12 journal:ANIMALS https://hdl.handle.net/11570/3248638 doi:10.3390/ani13010079 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85145781971 Italian sea age at sexual maturity age estimation cetacea geographic origin odontocetes info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftunimessinairis https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010079 2024-03-25T18:08:58Z : We investigated the relationship between age and body length, and age at sexual maturity of Physeter macrocephalus individuals stranded along the Italian coast. Our molecular analysis shows that all our samples belong to the C.001.002 haplotype, shared between Atlantic and Mediterranean populations. We show that males attain sexual maturity at 10 years, similar to those from other marine areas. However, considering the same body length class, Mediterranean males are older than Atlantic ones. Our finding of a Mediterranean pregnant female of only 6.5 m in length and an assessed age of 24-26 years is particularly noteworthy, considering that females reach sexual maturity at about 9 years and 9 m of total length in other regions. Comparing our results with the literature data, we highlight the positive correlation between lifespan, adult body length and weight of males from the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean. Regardless of whether the relatively small size of Mediterranean specimens is a consequence of an inbreeding depression or an adaptation to less favorable trophic conditions, we recommend to closely monitor this population from a conservation perspective. In fact, its low genetic diversity likely corresponds to a relatively limited ability to respond to environmental changes compared with other populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Università degli Studi di Messina: IRIS Animals 13 1 79 |
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Italian sea age at sexual maturity age estimation cetacea geographic origin odontocetes Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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: We investigated the relationship between age and body length, and age at sexual maturity of Physeter macrocephalus individuals stranded along the Italian coast. Our molecular analysis shows that all our samples belong to the C.001.002 haplotype, shared between Atlantic and Mediterranean populations. We show that males attain sexual maturity at 10 years, similar to those from other marine areas. However, considering the same body length class, Mediterranean males are older than Atlantic ones. Our finding of a Mediterranean pregnant female of only 6.5 m in length and an assessed age of 24-26 years is particularly noteworthy, considering that females reach sexual maturity at about 9 years and 9 m of total length in other regions. Comparing our results with the literature data, we highlight the positive correlation between lifespan, adult body length and weight of males from the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean. Regardless of whether the relatively small size of Mediterranean specimens is a consequence of an inbreeding depression or an adaptation to less favorable trophic conditions, we recommend to closely monitor this population from a conservation perspective. In fact, its low genetic diversity likely corresponds to a relatively limited ability to respond to environmental changes compared with other populations. |
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Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo |
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Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo |
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Maio, Nicola Fioravanti, Tatiana Latini, Lucrezia Petraccioli, Agnese Mezzasalma, Marcello Cozzi, Bruno Mazzariol, Sandro Podestà, Michela Insacco, Gianni Pollaro, Francesco Lucifora, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Ida Zizzo, Nicola Spadola, Filippo Garibaldi, Fulvio Guarino, Fabio Maria Splendiani, Andrea Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo |
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Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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Life History Traits of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Stranded along Italian Coasts (Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae) |
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life history traits of sperm whales physeter macrocephalus linnaeus, 1758 stranded along italian coasts (cetartiodactyla: physeteridae) |
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