Clinical assessment and postrelease monitoring of 11 mass stranded dolphins on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sampson, Kate ^a,c   Merigo, Constance ^a   Lagueux, Kerry ^a   Rice, James ^a,d   Cooper, Robert ^a   Weber Iii, E Scott ^a,b   Kass, Philip ^b   Mandelman, John ^a   Innis, Charles ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Cetacean; Delphinus; Dolphin; Health; Hematology; Lagenorhynchus; Mass stranding; Satellite tag

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; DATA SET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; HEMATOLOGY; MASS STRANDING; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REINTRODUCTION; RELOCATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS;

EID: 84867232883     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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