Rope trauma, sedation, disentanglement, and monitoring-tag associated lesions in a terminally entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Moore, Michael ^a   Andrews, Russel ^b   Austin, Trevor ^c   Bailey, James ^d   Costidis, Alex ^e   George, Clay ^f   Jackson, Katie ^g   Pitchford, Tom ^g   Landry, Scott ^h   Ligon, Allan ⁱ   Mclellan, William ^j   Morin, David ^k   Smith, Jamison ^k   Rotstein, David ^l   Rowles, Teresa ^m   Slay, Chris ⁿ   Walsh, Michael ^o  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Paxarms   (New Zealand)

^d TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA   (United States)

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

^f Nongame Conservation Section   (United States)

^g FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

ⁱ Bridger Consulting   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^k NOAA Fisheries Service   (United States)

^l Consulting veterinary pathologist ^*  (United States)

^m NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ NONE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Entanglement; Eubalaena glacialis; Right whale; Shark predation; Tag; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HISTOLOGY; LESION; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; PREDATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHARK; TAGGING; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 84875895399     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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