Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) calf mortality at Península Valdés, Argentina: Are harmful algal blooms to blame?

Authors :: Wilson, Cara
Sastre, A. Viviana
Hoffmeyer, Monica Susana
Rowntree, Victoria J.
Fire, Spencer E.
Santinelli, Norma H.
Díaz Ovejero, Soledad
D'agostino, Valeria Carina
Marón, Carina F.
Doucette, Gregory J.
Broadwater, Margaret H.
Wang, Zhihong
Montoya, Nora
Seger, Jon
Adler, Frederick R.
Sironi, Mariano
Uhart, Marcela M.
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Wiley, 2016.
Abstract: Península Valdés (PV) in Argentina is an important calving ground for southern right whales (SRWs, Eubalaena australis). Since 2005, right whale mortality has increased at PV, with most of the deaths (~90%) being calves

Subjects :: calf mortality
DA
toxins
Pseudo-nitzschia spp
Biología Marina, Limnología
harmful algal blooms
Ciencias Biológicas
MODIS
SeaWiFS
Eubalaena australis
PSTs
Alexandrium tamarense
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Península Valdés

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