Sedation at sea of entangled North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) to enhance disentanglement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Moore, Michael ^a   Walsh, Michael ^b   Bailey, James ^b   Brunson, David ^c   Gulland, Frances ^d   Landry, Scott ^e   Mattila, David ^f   Mayo, Charles ^e   Slay, Christopher ^g   Smith, Jamison ^h   Rowles, Teresa ^h  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Marine Animal Entanglement Response   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Coastwise Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

^h NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; EXHALATION; NONHUMAN; SEA; SEDATION; SWIMMING; WHALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIP; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTORPHANOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; MEPERIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

EID: 77949744979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009597     Document Type: Article

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