Asphyxiation in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from Puerto Rico due to choking on a black margate (Anisotremus surinamensis)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Miagnucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a,b   Rosario Delestre, Raúl J ^a,c   Alsina Guerrero, Mayela M ^a,d   Falcón Matos, Limarie ^a   Guzmán Ramírez, Liza ^a   Williams Jr , Ernest H ^e   Bossart, Gregory D ^f   Reidenberg, Joy S ^g  

^a Red Caribeña de Varamientos ^*  (United States)

^b Interamerican University   (Puerto Rico)

^c INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Western Illinois University Quad Cities   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Georgia Aquarium   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotremus surinamensis; Asphyxia; Black margate; Bottlenose dolphin; Caribbean; Choking; Mortality; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AIR-BREATHING ORGANISM; ANATOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOLPHIN; MORTALITY RISK; PERCIFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

ANISOTREMUS SURINAMENSIS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 70350323674     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.1.2009.48     Document Type: Article

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