Lethal entanglement in baleen whales

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Cassoff, Rachel M ^a,g   Moore, Kathleen M ^b   McLellan, William A ^c   Barco, Susan G ^d   Rotstein, David S ^e   Moore, Michael J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d Virginia Aquarium   (United States)

^e Smithsonian Museum Support Center   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen whales; Cetacean; Entanglement; Fishing gear; Mortality; Necropsy; Northwestern atlantic; Strandings

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MORTALITY RISK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STARVATION; STRANDING; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; INJURY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHALES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 80053636206     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02385     Document Type: Article

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