Figure 1. Entangled bowhead whale 17B6 in Chronic stress from fishing gear entanglement is recorded in baleen from a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) ...

Figure 1. Entangled bowhead whale 17B6. (A) 17B6 appeared quite thin in the posterior region, and had six full wraps of fishing line around the peduncle (white circle). (B) Close-up of the peduncle of 17B6 showing the embedded fishing line. Photo credits: North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife M...

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Main Authors: Rolland, Rosalind M., Graham, Katherine M., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert S., George, John C.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761895
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12761895
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Summary:Figure 1. Entangled bowhead whale 17B6. (A) 17B6 appeared quite thin in the posterior region, and had six full wraps of fishing line around the peduncle (white circle). (B) Close-up of the peduncle of 17B6 showing the embedded fishing line. Photo credits: North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, taken under NMFS permit # 17350-01. ... : Published as part of Rolland, Rosalind M., Graham, Katherine M., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert S. & George, John C., 2019, Chronic stress from fishing gear entanglement is recorded in baleen from a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), pp. 1625-1642 in Marine Mammal Science 35 (4) on page 1628, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12596, http://zenodo.org/record/12761891 ...