Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet
Strandings of baleen whales are uncommon in Patagonia, Argentina. We report on a stranding of an individual sei whale Balaenoptera borealis on the east coast of San Antonio (40°43.5′ S, 64°55.8′ W), Río Negro province, Argentina. It was the eighth reported stranding of this species along the Argenti...
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ftjafricanj:oai:ojs.ajol.info:article/66810 2023-05-15T13:37:10+02:00 Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet Leonardi, MS Grandi, MF García, NA Svendsen, G Romero, MA González, R Crespo, EA 2011-06-02 application/pdf http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/66810 eng eng NISC http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/66810/54812 http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/66810 Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the publisher. African Journal of Marine Science; Vol 33, No 1 (2011) 1814-232X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2011 ftjafricanj 2017-03-05T06:51:12Z Strandings of baleen whales are uncommon in Patagonia, Argentina. We report on a stranding of an individual sei whale Balaenoptera borealis on the east coast of San Antonio (40°43.5′ S, 64°55.8′ W), Río Negro province, Argentina. It was the eighth reported stranding of this species along the Argentinean coastline. The stomach content of the whale was dominated by crustaceans. Three parasite species were also recovered, namely Ogmogaster antarcticus (Trematoda), Anisakis simplex (Nematoda) and Tetrabothrius affinis (Cestoda). This was the first record of a host carrying the latter two species in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.Keywords: diet, new record, parasites, sei whaleAfrican Journal of Marine Science 2011, 33(1): 177–179 Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* antarcticus Balaenoptera borealis baleen whales Sei Whale AJOL - African Journals Online Argentina Patagonia |
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Strandings of baleen whales are uncommon in Patagonia, Argentina. We report on a stranding of an individual sei whale Balaenoptera borealis on the east coast of San Antonio (40°43.5′ S, 64°55.8′ W), Río Negro province, Argentina. It was the eighth reported stranding of this species along the Argentinean coastline. The stomach content of the whale was dominated by crustaceans. Three parasite species were also recovered, namely Ogmogaster antarcticus (Trematoda), Anisakis simplex (Nematoda) and Tetrabothrius affinis (Cestoda). This was the first record of a host carrying the latter two species in the South-West Atlantic Ocean.Keywords: diet, new record, parasites, sei whaleAfrican Journal of Marine Science 2011, 33(1): 177–179 |
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Leonardi, MS Grandi, MF García, NA Svendsen, G Romero, MA González, R Crespo, EA Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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Leonardi, MS Grandi, MF García, NA Svendsen, G Romero, MA González, R Crespo, EA |
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Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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Short CommunicationA stranding of Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson 1828) from Patagonia, Argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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short communicationa stranding of balaenoptera borealis (lesson 1828) from patagonia, argentina, with notes on parasite infestation and diet |
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