Beached bachelors: An extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the North Sea

Between the 8th January and the 25th February 2016, the largest sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event ever recorded in the North Sea occurred with 30 sperm whales stranding in five countries within six weeks. All sperm whales were immature males. Groups were stratified by size, with the smaller animals stranding in the Netherlands, and the largest in England. The majority (n = 27) of the stranded animals were necropsied and/or sampled, allowing for an international and comprehensive investigation into this mortality event. The animals were in fair to good nutritional condition and... Mehr ...

Verfasser: IJsseldijk, LL
van Neer, A
Deaville, R
Begeman, L
van de Bildt, M
van den Brand, JMA
Brownlow, A
Czeck, R
Dabin, W
Ten Doeschate, M
Herder, V
Herr, H
IJzer, J
Jauniaux, T
Jensen, LF
Jepson, PD
Jo, WK
Lakemeyer, J
Lehnert, K
Leopold, MF
Osterhaus, A
Perkins, MW
Piatkowski, U
Prenger-Berninghoff, E
Pund, R
Wohlsein, P
Gröne, A
Siebert, U
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Animal Migration / Animals / Autopsy / Diet / England / Environmental Monitoring / Male / Mortality / Netherlands / North Sea / Sperm Whale
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29602883
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068753/1/Beached%20bachelors%3A%20An%20extensive%20study%20on%20the%20largest%20recorded%20sperm%20whale%20Physeter%20macrocephalus%20mortality%20event%20in%20the%20North%20Sea.pdf