Trends In Strandings Of Marine Mammals On The ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Marine mammal strandings on the Galician coast (NW Spain) have been recorded continuously since 1990 by a network of volunteers (CEMMA). The database created includes six different types of records: live or dead stranded cetaceans; d...
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ASC 1999 - S - Theme session
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25637472.v1 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Trends_In_Strandings_Of_Marine_Mammals_On_The/25637472/1 |
| Summary: | No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Marine mammal strandings on the Galician coast (NW Spain) have been recorded continuously since 1990 by a network of volunteers (CEMMA). The database created includes six different types of records: live or dead stranded cetaceans; dead cetaceans floating offshore; confirmed by-catches; live animals in the water that needed assistance; findings of cetacean bones and records of stranded or live pinnipeds. • Data recorded for each animal included: species, condition, measurements and weight of the whole animal. When possible, necropsies were carried out to collect teeth, stomachs, gonads and other tissue samples and to determine cause of death. A total of 1,245 strandings of at least fifteen species of marine mammals were recorded in Galicia from 1990 to 1998. The most commonly recorded species (48% of stranded animals) was the common dolphin Delphinus delphis. Strandings of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus and harbour porpoise Phocoena ... |
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