Pathology and causes of death of stranded cetaceans in the canary Islands (1999-2005)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-99

  Arbelo, Manuel ^a   De Los Monteros, Antonio Espinosa ^a   Herráez, Pedro ^a   Andrada, Marisa ^a   Sierra, Eva ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Jepson, Paul D ^b   Fernández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Disease; Dolphin; Necropsy; Strandings; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; CETACEAN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASS MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INJURY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SHIP; SPAIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SHIPS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; KOGIIDAE; PHYSETERIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84875550828     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02558     Document Type: Article

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