Assessing the relationship between cetacean strandings (Tursiops truncatus and Stenella coeruleoalba) and fishery pressure indicators in Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive
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DOI: 10.1007/s10344-017-1111-8
Abstract: Cetacean strandings are a constant phenomenon that occurs on coastlines; mortality is related to several factors but commercial fishing is considered one of the main pressures, in the Mediterranean, that can impact small cetacean species… read more here.
Keywords: cetacean strandings; sea; mediterranean sea; stenella coeruleoalba ... See more keywords
Evidence of introgressive hybridization between Stenella coeruleoalba and Delphinus delphis in the Greek Seas.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.007
Abstract: Natural interspecific hybridization might be more important for the evolutionary history and speciation of animals than previously thought, considering several demographic and life history traits as well as habitat disturbance as factors that promote it.… read more here.
Keywords: greek seas; evidence; hybridization; coeruleoalba delphinus ... See more keywords
Mercury and cadmium in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded along the Southern Tyrrhenian and Western Ionian coasts
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DOI: 10.12681/mms.22204
Abstract: Pollution by heavy metals is becoming a serious threat to food safety and the health of humans and marine animals in many areas, including the Mediterranean Sea. Cadmium and mercury are among the most toxic… read more here.
Keywords: stenella coeruleoalba; cadmium; coeruleoalba stranded; mercury ... See more keywords
Cytochrome b marker reveals an independent lineage of Stenella coeruleoalba in the Gulf of Taranto
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213826
Abstract: Heterogeneity in geomorphological and hydrographical conditions throughout the Mediterranean Sea could be the driving factors behind the significant differences between putative sub-populations, although the existence of a large panmictic population of striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba… read more here.
Keywords: stenella coeruleoalba; ecological implications; gulf taranto; coeruleoalba ... See more keywords
Novel dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) outbreak among Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba in Italian waters.
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DOI: 10.3354/dao03323
Abstract: An unusual mortality event (UME) of striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba occurred in the period July to December 2016 along the Italian Ionian coastline. We conducted a complete postmortem examination on 28 specimens and detected dolphin… read more here.
Keywords: morbillivirus dmv; striped dolphins; dolphin morbillivirus; dolphins stenella ... See more keywords
Seminoma in an adult striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba: tomographic, macroscopical, histological and immunohistochemical study.
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DOI: 10.3354/dao03496
Abstract: Testicular neoplasms have been extensively described and characterized in domestic animals, but reports in wildlife species, including marine mammals, are scarce. This case report describes a testicular seminoma in an adult striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba… read more here.
Keywords: adult striped; stenella coeruleoalba; striped dolphin; seminoma adult ... See more keywords