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  • DIRrebreather: Nitrox Rebreather Diving
    Cedric Verdier

    This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.



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Marine Mammals - Whales, Dolphins, Manatees, Seals

  • Wild dolphins tail-walk too
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    A wild dolphin has been observed teaching other members of her group to walk on their tails, a behaviour usually seen only after training in captivity.


  • Big whale species on the road to recovery
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    Some large whale species, including the humpback, are now less threatened with extinction, according to the cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List. Most small coastal and freshwater cetaceans, however, are moving closer to extinction.


  • New Zealand widens fishing ban to save dolphins
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    The critically-endangered Maui’s dolphins, living only along the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, gets better protection from 1 October 2008, as set net and trawl fishing will be banned in more of the areas where Maui’s dolphins and Hector’s dolphins range.


  • European scientists to research beaked whales
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    A group of Europe’s leading marine conservation and research organisations have joined forces to carry out further crucial research into some of the rarest and most elusive marine animals on the planet – beaked whales.


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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   08 - Dec 2005
    Dolphins
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    When you are on the way back to the harbor after the afternoon dive, wild dolphins often swim in front and along the dive boat. They seem to love following boats. Sometimes they then perform for us, in form of huge jumps out of the water and “tail shows”, keeping the tail up for minutes remaining still in the water.

    Download pdf: Dolphin Ecology
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References - Marine Mammals
  • Researchers find whales' nursery
    News.com.au |  
    11 Aug 2008 - 20:18|  
    Whales

    HUNDREDS of baby whales have been discovered in a bay in the Kimberley, Australia making it one of the world's biggest humpback whale nursery grounds.

  • International Whaling Commission heading for a compromise
    BBC Science |  
    7 Sep 2008 - 01:02|  
    Whales

    The International Whaling Commission (IWC) heading for compromise that may open the door to a partial lifting of the commercial whaling ban

  • Dead dolphins wash ashore on Gran Canaria
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    13 May 2008 - 05:26|  
    Dolphins

    Something extremely odd is happening in Canary waters which is baffling marine biologists in southern Gran Canaria. No less than nine dolphins had been found dead and washed ashore in recent days, all in an advanced stage of decomposition.

  • Japan to hunt Minke Whale in North Pacific
    PR Inside |  
    12 May 2008 - 08:12|  
    Whales

    The Japanese fisheries agency said Friday up to 60 minke whales in the north Pacific Ocean will be caught in the coming month for research. Five boats will be dispatched Monday off northern Japan for the research mission that will run through late May.

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