TY  - GEN
A1  - Schnitzler, Joseph G.
A1  - Pinzone, Marianna
A1  - Autenrieth, Marijke
A1  - van Neer, Abbo
A1  - IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.
A1  - Barber, Jonathan  L.
A1  - Deaville, Rob
A1  - Jepson, Paul
A1  - Brownlow, Andrew
A1  - Schaffeld, Tobias
A1  - Thomé, Jean-Pierre
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
A1  - Das, Krishna
A1  - Siebert, Ursula
T1  - Inter-individual differences in contamination profiles as tracer of social group association in stranded sperm whales
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Ecological and physiological factors lead to different contamination patterns in individual marine mammals. The objective of the present study was to assess whether variations in contamination profiles are indicative of social structures of young male sperm whales as they might reflect a variation in feeding preferences and/or in utilized feeding grounds. We used a total of 61 variables associated with organic compounds and trace element concentrations measured in muscle, liver, kidney and blubber gained from 24 sperm whales that stranded in the North Sea in January and February 2016. Combining contaminant and genetic data, there is evidence for at least two cohorts with different origin among these stranded sperm whales; one from the Canary Island region and one from the northern part of the Atlantic. While genetic data unravel relatedness and kinship, contamination data integrate over areas, where animals occured during their lifetime. Especially in long-lived animals with a large migratory potential, as sperm whales, contamination data may carry highly relevant information about aggregation through time and space.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 692 
KW  - porpoises phococena-phococena
KW  - North-sea
KW  - physeter-macrocephalus
KW  - Galapagos-Islands
KW  - harbor porpoises
KW  - cetacean strandings
KW  - aggregations
KW  - pollutants
KW  - behavior
KW  - mammals
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426525
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 692
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Autenrieth, Marijke
A1  - Hartmann, Stefanie
A1  - Lah, Ljerka
A1  - Roos, Anna
A1  - Dennis, Alice B.
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
T1  - High-quality whole-genome sequence of an abundant Holarctic odontocete, the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
JF  - Molecular ecology resources
N2  - The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a highly mobile cetacean found across the Northern hemisphere. It occurs in coastal waters and inhabits basins that vary broadly in salinity, temperature and food availability. These diverse habitats could drive subtle differentiation among populations, but examination of this would be best conducted with a robust reference genome. Here, we report the first harbour porpoise genome, assembled de novo from an individual originating in the Kattegat Sea (Sweden). The genome is one of the most complete cetacean genomes currently available, with a total size of 2.39 Gb and 50% of the total length found in just 34 scaffolds. Using 122 of the longest scaffolds, we were able to show high levels of synteny with the genome of the domestic cattle (Bos taurus). Our draft annotation comprises 22,154 predicted genes, which we further annotated through matches to the NCBI nucleotide database, GO categorization and motif prediction. Within the predicted genes, we have confirmed the presence of >20 genes or gene families that have been associated with adaptive evolution in other cetaceans. Overall, this genome assembly and draft annotation represent a crucial addition to the genomic resources currently available for the study of porpoises and Phocoenidae evolution, phylogeny and conservation.
KW  - cetaceans
KW  - genomics/proteomics
KW  - mammals
KW  - molecular evolution
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12932
SN  - 1755-098X
SN  - 1755-0998
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
SP  - 1469
EP  - 1481
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -