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Beached bachelors: An extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the North Sea
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, 13 (8). e0201221., PLoS ONE, 13(8), IJsseldijk, L L, Van Neer, A, Deaville, R, Begeman, L, van de Bildt, M, van den Brand, J M A, Brownlow, A, Czeck, R, Dabin, W, Doeschate, M T, Herder, V, Herr, H, IJzer, J, Jauniaux, T, Jensen, L F, Jepson, P D, Jo, W K, Lakemeyer, J, Lehnert, K, Leopold, M F, Osterhaus, A, Perkins, M W, Piatkowski, U, Prenger-Berninghoff, E, Pund, R, Wohlsein, P, Gröne, A & Siebert, U 2018, ' Beached bachelors : An extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the North Sea ', PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 8, e0201221 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201221, PLoS One (online), 13(8):e0201221. Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0201221 (2018), PLoS One, 13(8). Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE 13 (2018) 8
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2018.
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Abstract
- Between the 8 th January and the 25 th 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, aside from the pathologies caused by stranding, did not exhibit significant evidence of disease or trauma. Infectious agents were found, including various parasite species, several bacterial and fungal pathogens and a novel alphaherpesvirus. In nine of the sperm whales a variety of marine litter was found. However, none of these findings were considered to have been the primary cause of the stranding event. Potential anthropogenic and environmental factors that may have caused the sperm whales to enter the North Sea were assessed. Once sperm whales enter the North Sea and head south, the water becomes progressively shallower (
- Subjects :
- Male
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Oceans
Marine debris
Medicine and Health Sciences
lcsh:Science
Netherlands
Mammals
Multidisciplinary
Animal Behavior
Stomach
Eukaryota
England
Vertebrates
Autopsy
North Sea
Anatomy
Research Article
Environmental Monitoring
Cephalopods
Squids
Histology
Zoology
Marine Biology
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
03 medical and health sciences
Onderzoeksformatie
Sperm whale
Parasitic Diseases
Life Science
Animals
14. Life underwater
Mortality
Marine Mammals
Ocean Temperature
North sea
Sperm Whales
Behavior
Sperm Whale
lcsh:R
Organisms
Whales
Biology and Life Sciences
Molluscs
Bodies of Water
biology.organism_classification
Invertebrates
Sperm
Diet
Gastrointestinal Tract
030104 developmental biology
Amniotes
Earth Sciences
Animal Migration
lcsh:Q
Digestive System
Subjects
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- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE, 13 (8). e0201221., PLoS ONE, 13(8), IJsseldijk, L L, Van Neer, A, Deaville, R, Begeman, L, van de Bildt, M, van den Brand, J M A, Brownlow, A, Czeck, R, Dabin, W, Doeschate, M T, Herder, V, Herr, H, IJzer, J, Jauniaux, T, Jensen, L F, Jepson, P D, Jo, W K, Lakemeyer, J, Lehnert, K, Leopold, M F, Osterhaus, A, Perkins, M W, Piatkowski, U, Prenger-Berninghoff, E, Pund, R, Wohlsein, P, Gröne, A & Siebert, U 2018, ' Beached bachelors : An extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the North Sea ', PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 8, e0201221 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201221, PLoS One (online), 13(8):e0201221. Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0201221 (2018), PLoS One, 13(8). Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE 13 (2018) 8
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d0402539de40abb16a88206cb587d39a