JOURNAL ARTICLE

Skin condition of fin whales at Antarctic feeding grounds reveals little evidence for anthropogenic impacts and high prevalence of cookiecutter shark bite lesions.

  • Published In: Marine Mammal Science, 2023, v. 39, n. 1. P. 299 1 of 3

  • Database: Environment Complete 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Herr, Helena; Viquerat, Sacha; Naujocks, Tobias; Gregory, Bertie; Lees, Abigail; Devas, Fredi 3 of 3

Abstract

Cetacean surveys in the Cape Verde Islands and the use of cookiecutter shark bite lesions as a population marker for fin whales. The skin condition of cetaceans, including scars, scratches, and injuries, can tell us a lot about the exposure to natural and anthropogenic impacts on individuals or populations (Baker, 1992; Herr et al., [24]; Kiszka et al., [30]; Van Bressem et al., [58]). In addition to the rarity of scars, the complete absence of blister-like skin lesions regularly observed in other large whale populations, e.g., New Zealand blue whales, I Balaenoptera musculus i (Barlow et al., [6]) and blue, fin and sperm whales, ( I Physeter macrocephalus i ) in the Gulf of California (Martinez-Levasseur et al., [38]) is noteworthy. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Marine Mammal Science. 2023/01, Vol. 39, Issue 1, p299
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Politics and Government
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0824-0469
  • DOI:10.1111/mms.12966
  • Accession Number:161103891
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