What Caused the UK's Largest Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Mass Stranding Event?

On 9 June 2008, the UK's largest mass stranding event (MSE) of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) occurred in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. At least 26 dolphins died, and a similar number was refloated/herded back to sea. On necropsy, all dolphins were in good nutritive status with empt...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Jepson, Paul D., Deaville, Robert C., Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina Alethya, Barnett, James E. F., Brownlow, Andrew C., Brownell, Robert L. Jr, Clare, Frances C., Davison, Nicholas J., Law, Richard J., Loveridge, Jan, Macgregor, Shaheed Karl, Morris, Steven, Murphy, Sinéad, Penrose, Rod, Perkins, Matthew W., Pinn, Eunice, Seibel, Henrike, Siebert, Ursula, Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María, Simpson, Victor, Tasker, Mark L., Tregenza, Nick, Cunningham, Andrew A., Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús
Other Authors: APHA, Staff publications, Cunningham, Andrew, Sierra, Eva, Brownlow, Andrew, Fernandez, Antonio, 7006738308, 6603658704, 6506351004, 7201380416, 55245783300, 7003459182, 35739986500, 6603887563, 7201502132, 24390950600, 7103228035, 9242658900, 7402779296, 16304614400, 15045436600, 55671979900, 35186469100, 7004796609, 15742962600, 7005644383, 7003560201, 6508020171, 57203051586, 56673009900, 27312113, 1611658, 1117583, 1272041, 1234697, 309191, 2046418, 1082393, 28212897, 134608, 5610087, 2033192, 4501533, 6389719, 3759596, 28155541, 2331723, 1702869, 2858089, 145257, 30396242
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47513
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060953