Spatiotemporal accumulation of fatal pharyngeal entrapment of flatfish in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10160
Abstract: The evolution of a permanent separation of the upper respiratory and digestive tract is one of the adaptions cetaceans evolved for their aquatic life. Generally, it prevents odontocetes from choking on either saltwater or foreign… read more here.
Keywords: north sea; pharyngeal entrapment; sea; harbour porpoises ... See more keywords