Disentangling natural and anthropogenic forms of mortality and serious injury in a poorly studied pelagic dolphin

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ashe, Erin, Williams, Rob, Morton, Alexandra, Hammond, Philip S.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Bycatch; Predation; Data deficient; Cetacean; Killer whale; Conservation; GC Oceanography; QH301 Biology; DAS; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; GC; QH301; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23166; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.606876

Funding for Oceans Initiative’s long-term research on Pacific white-sided dolphins has been provided from National Geographic, McLean and Marisla Foundations, and SeaDoc Society. Killer whale (Orcinus orca) populations specialize in both prey and prey acquisition tactics around the world and may be...