A new blue whale song-type described for the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean

S Cerchio, A Willson, EC Leroy, C Muirhead… - Endangered species …, 2020 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Indian Ocean (IO) are currently thought to represent
2 or 3 subspecies (B. m. intermedia, B. m. brevicauda, B. m. indica), and believed to be …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the long-term trend and management of a globally important loggerhead population nesting on Masirah Island, Sultanate of Oman

A Willson, B Witherington, R Baldwin… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nest count surveys provide an important means for tracking trends in marine turtle
populations. In 2015 the IUCN Red List global status review changed the loggerhead turtle (Caretta …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco …

…, M Gore, RM Culloch, MS Kiani, MS Willson… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phylogeographic inference has provided extensive insight into the relative roles of
geographical isolation and ecological processes during evolutionary radiations. However, the …

Wide-scale population connectivity revealed by postnesting migrations of green sea turtles from Ras Al Hadd, Oman

…, R Baldwin, A Willson, MS Willson - … 25 Years as the …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
There is limited information on postnesting dispersal of green turtles Chelonia mydas from
nesting sites in the Arabian region. Understanding habitat connectivity can promote effective …

Addressing marine wildlife entanglement in derelict fishing nets using community-based social marketing: Case study and lessons learnt

M Sarrouf Willson, C Turley, LA Daar… - Social Marketing …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Entanglement of marine species, particularly endangered sea turtles and cetaceans,
in abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear is a major conservation concern…

[HTML][HTML] The rediscovery of Strix butleri (Hume, 1878) in Oman and Iran, with molecular resolution of the identity of Strix omanensis Robb, van den Berg and …

…, A Khani, SB Musavi, JMG Nunes, M Sarrouf Willson… - Avian Research, 2016 - Springer
Background Many species of owls (Strigidae) represent cryptic species and their taxonomic
study is in flux. In recent years, two new species of owls of the genus Strix have been …

Visual health assessment and evaluation of anthropogenic threats to Arabian Sea humpback whales in Oman

…, A Willson, T Collins, S Al Harthi, MS Willson… - J. Cetacean Res …, 2022 - journal.iwc.int
The sub-population of humpback whales inhabiting the Arabian Sea is a small and genetically
distinct population that remains in low latitudes year round. Designated as Endangered …

Remote and non-invasive quantification of 'Tattoo Skin Disease-Like'dermatopathy in endangered Arabian Sea humpback whales using drone photography

…, G Minton, D MacDonald, F Christiansen, MS Willson… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Arabian Sea humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae; ASHW) are listed as Endangered
by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The long-term presence …

[PDF][PDF] … , MARINA A. ANTONOPOULOU 2, CLARA JIMENA RODRIGUEZ-ZARATE 2, THURAYA SAID AL-SAREERIA 3, ROBERT BALDWIN 4, ANDREW WILLSON 4 …

MS WILLSON - Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2021 - researchgate.net
There is limited information on postnesting dispersal of green turtles Chelonia mydas from
nesting sites in the Arabian region. Understanding habitat connectivity can promote effective …

[PDF][PDF] A new baleen whale song type described for the Western Indian Ocean off Oman and Northwest Madagascar

S Cerchio, A Willson, C Muirhead, S Al Harthi… - 2018 - arabianseawhalenetwork.org
Background We report in this brief document a baleen whale song type that, to the best of
our knowledge, has not been previously described. The song was recorded at two disparate …