In January 2011, a group of 11 Indo-Pacific common dolphins Delphinus capensis tropicalis
stranded in the central estuary of Bandar-e-Jask in Hormozgan Province (near the entrance …

The Persian Gulf is positioned in the heart of the Middle East as one of the most critical water
bodies. Indian Ocean humpback dolphins (Sousa plumbea) are distributed in nearshore …

Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) are found in all of the world’s oceans and seas. They are typically
concentrated in cold and temperate waters at higher latitudes, especially in areas of high …

We critically review the evidence for humpback whale presence in the Persian Gulf. Five
specimen records, assumed to belong to the endangered Arabian Sea population, are …

In this article the relation between reading comprehension ability and linguistic variable,
semantic awareness, is surveyed. The main goal of the present research is to investigate the …

The humpback whale has long been considered a rare straggler into the Persian Gulf,
however new evidence contradicts this concept. We here critically review published and new …

The humpback whale has long been considered a rare straggler to the Persian Gulf, however
new evidence contradicts this and suggests that this species may be habitually present. …

In their review “historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems,” Jeremy
BC Jackson and colleagues argue for the “primacy” of overfishing in the collapse, in …

Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena spp.) are elusive and, like other small cetaceans,
threatened by anthropogenic activities (Reeves et al., 1997; Jefferson & Hung, 2004) and as a …

… Dipani Sutaria, Shoaib Kiani, Nazanin Mohsenian and Hamed Moshri, our regional
counterparts are thanked for their early contributions to the tagging fieldwork and general …