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  • 1
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    MASS MORTALITY OF ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHINS (STENELLA FRONTALIS) CAUSED BY A FISHING INTERACTION IN MAURITANIA (1999)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 15 (1999), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00847.x
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    AGE and SEX COMPOSITION OF THE STRIPED DOLPHIN DIE-OFF IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (1994)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 10 (1994), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: During the morbillivirus epizootic that affected the Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)in 1990–1992, several thous and individuals are believed to have died. In order to determine the segments of the population that were affected by the event, the sex- and age-frequency distributions of the animals that were washed ashore on the Spanish coasts were studied. The age of the animals was determined by counting dentine growth layer groups in the teeth. The results obtained indicate that both sexes were affected similarly by the disease and that the population component that suffered the largest mortality was that of sexually mature individuals, although substantial mortality of calves, probably still dependent on their mothers, was also observed. Juveniles, in contrast, appeared to be only slightly affected by the epizootic. This pattern of mortality is not consistent with the epidemiology of morbillivirus infections previously observed in other mammals. Possible explanations of this particular age distribution include behavioral factors, increased susceptibility to the disease in adults due to the effects of pollution, high temperatures and decreased food availability, or allopatric geographical distribution of population components and, therefore, of their associated mortality.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1994.tb00484.x
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    A NEW HYBRID BETWEEN A BLUE WHALE, BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS, AND A FIN WHALE, B. PHYSALUS: FREQUENCY AND IMPLICATIONS OF HYBRIDIZATION (1998)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 14 (1998), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: A female hybrid between a fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and a blue whale (B. mnusculus) was caught in whaling operations in 1984 off northwestern Spain. Its coloration and body proportions were intermediate between those of a fin and a blue whale, although it was anomalously large (19.4 m) when compared to fin whales of similar age (4 yr). It was sexually immature, concomitant with its age but not its length if it were a fin whale. Molecular analyses revealed that the mother of the hybrid was a blue whale and the father a fin whale. Examination of data for the five fin-blue whale hybrids in the literature, plus other anecdotal reports, indicates that hybridization between these two species occurs in various geographic regions and is relatively frequent, notably in light of the absence of reported hybrids between other mysticetes. Either species may act as father or mother, and there does not appear to be a selection for a given sex among the hybrids. The reproductive capacity of these hybrids remains unknown, although incidence of reproductive impairment appears to be higher in hybrid males than in hybrid females.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00692.x
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    USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION IN CAPTURE-RECAPTURE STUDIES OF MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEALS (2000)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 16 (2000), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The use of photo-identification and its reliability in capture-recapture studies of Mediterranean monk seals were assessed using slides collected in the colony at Cap Blanc, western Sahara, from 1993 to 1996. Five tests indicated that researchers involved in photo-identification were proficient in matching slides of identified seals, consistent in classifying the side of the seal shown in slides and in assigning the morphological stage of the seal, and that changes of markings over a period of three years were insufficient to affect matching success. The certainty of identifying a seal was not dependent on the number of slides used but on distinctiveness of the markings and the quality of the slides taken. Capture-recapture abundance estimates were biased upwards when including poor quality slides. The exclusive use of excellent- and good quality slides provided the best estimates. The proportion of distinctive seals varied between morphological stages and was significantly lower in juveniles. When including the identification histories of juveniles, the heterogeneity of capture probabilities was higher. Therefore, abundance estimates were less biased when all juveniles were considered as non-distinctive seals. Reliable abundance estimates required a balance between duration of capture occasions and time interval between these.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00971.x
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    A RECORD OF TWO HUMPBACK WHALES, MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE, IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA (1989)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 5 (1989), S. 0 
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    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1989.tb00344.x
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    USING ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS TO DISCRIMINATE MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS: A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE METHODS (1987)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 3 (1987), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Organochlorine pollutants are potentially useful for identifying discrete populations of marine mammals that overlap in geographic distribution. However, many factors unrelated to geographical distribution may affect the chemical burden of individual animals or of entire population components even within a homogeneously distributed population. These factors include. among others, nutritional state, sex, age, trophic level, distance of habitat from mainland and pollution source, excretion. metabolism, and tissue composition. Sample storage and analytical methodology may also be an important source of variation. These, and any other factors, must be identified and their effect ascertained before attempting any comparison between populations. This paper critically examines the nature and magnitude of the effects of these factors on organochlorine tissue loads in marine mammals. Pollutant concentrations can be strongly biased if carefully designed sampling regimes are not followed, but they are affected only moderately by sample treatment after collection. Conversely, ratios between concentrations of compounds, such as the DDE/tDDT or the tDDT/PCB ratios, seem less dependent on sampling regime but more affected by storage. analytical procedures and ecological variations such as distance from pollutant source or trophic level. Taking these effects into account, advice is provided about sampling and strategies for selection of variables that will improve the reliability of the comparisons between populations.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1987.tb00166.x
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    DISTRIBUTION and NUMBERS OF STRIPED DOLPHINS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA AFTER THE 1990 EPIZOOTIC OUTBREAK (1994)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Marine mammal science 10 (1994), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1748-7692
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: A survey was conducted in the summer of 1991 in the western Mediterranean to map the distribution and to estimate the number of striped dolphins surviving the 1990 outbreak of the morbillivirus epizootic. The highest densities of striped dolphins were found in the Alboran Sea and the Ligurian Sea. Total numbers were estimated at 117,880 (SE: 38,962; 95% CI: 68,379–214,800). The mortality resulting from the epizootic is unknown but may have been severe because the mean size of dolphin schools observed during the epizootic outbreak was significantly smaller than that before the event. A return to larger school sizes after the 1990 outbreak is not evidence of a recovery but can be viewed as a regrouping of individuals into schools of a preferred size. Calves were observed in 24.6% of the schools. They were not seen in schools of ten or less but were present in about half the schools of 30 or more dolphins, a result which suggests segregation similar to that seen in populations of this species elsewhere in the world.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1994.tb00256.x
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    Did algal toxins cause monk seal mortality? (1998)
    [s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.
    Nature 393 (1998), S. 28-29 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] The population of Mediterranean monk seals off the coast of the western Sahara has recently suffered a sudden mortality. A morbillivirus was isolated post-mortem from the tissues of three seals, and it has been proposed that the virus was the agent responsible. This conclusion is called into ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/29906
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    Loss of organochlorine compounds in the tissues of a decomposing stranded dolphin (1990)
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    Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 45 (1990), S. 46-53 
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    ISSN: 1432-0800
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Medicine
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01701827
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    Isomer-specific analysis and toxic evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyls in striped dolphins affected by an epizootic in the western Mediterranean sea (1993)
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    Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 25 (1993), S. 227-233 
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    ISSN: 1432-0703
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Isomer-specific concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) including planar, mono- and di-ortho congeners and concentrations of DDT were determined in striped dolphins affected by a morbillivirus epizootic in the western Mediterranean in 1990. Extremely high concentrations of PCBs ranging from 94 to 670 μg/g (wet wt) were detected in the blubber. Similarly, DDT concentrations were high, between 22 and 230 μg/g (wet wt). The concentrations of three non-ortho coplanar PCBs were 43 (3,3′,4,4′-T4CB), 6.8 (3,3′,4,4′,5-P5CB), and 7.8 (3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-H6CB) ng/g (wet wt), respectively, the highest residue levels reported to date. The estimated 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalents of non-, mono- and di-ortho PCB congeners in striped dolphins were several times higher than those observed for other marine mammals and humans. Mono-ortho congeners contributed greater 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalents than non-ortho members. The higher ratio of 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-H6CB/3,3′,4,4′,5-P5CB (IUPAC 169/126) suggested a strong induction of mixed function oxidase enzymes and highlighted the possibility of using this ratio as an index for risk assessment of PCB contamination in marine mammals. Elevated concentrations of PCBs may have played a role in the immune depression in striped dolphins, ultimately leading to the development of morbillivirus disease.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00212134
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