Demographic Clusters Identified within the Northern Gulf of Mexico Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) Unusual Mortality Event: January 2010 - June 2013

Venn‐Watson, Stephanie; Garrison, Lance; A. Litz, Jenny; Fougeres, Erin; Mase, Blair; Rappucci, Gina; Stratton, Elizabeth; H. Carmichael, Ruth; K. Odell, Daniel; Shannon, Delphine; Shippee, Steve; M. Smith, Suzanne; Staggs, Lydia; C. Tumlin, Mandy; Whitehead, Heidi; Rowles, Teri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117248

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Demographic Clusters Identified within the Northern Gulf of Mexico Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) Unusual Mortality Event: January 2010 - June 2013

Published in PLoS ONE • Feb 11, 2015

Authors:

Stephanie Venn‐Watson

Lance Garrison

Jenny A. Litz

Abstract

A multi-year unusual mortality event (UME) involving primarily common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) was declared in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) with an initial start date of February 2010 and remains ongoing as of August 2014. To examine potential changing characteristics of the UME...

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Bottlenose dolphin

Geography

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