A biopsy system for small cetaceans: Darting success and wound healing in Tursiops spp.

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 863-878

  Krützen, Michael ^a   Barré, Lynne M ^b   Möller, Luciana M ^c   Heithaus, Michael R ^d   Simms, Colleen ^e   Sherwin, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Conservation and Land Management ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopsy sampling; Bottlenose dolphin; Cetaceans; Darting; Tursiops sp; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; DOLPHIN; SAMPLING; WOUNDING;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036775317     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01078.x     Document Type: Article

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