Kaladharan, P and Asokan, P K and Koya, Mohammed and Bhint, H M (2014) Plastic debris in the stomach of a Longman’s Beaked Whale, Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) stranded off Sutrapada, Veraval, Saurashtra coast, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56 (2). pp. 92-94.
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Abstract
Longman’s beaked whale or the Indo- Pacific beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) is a rarely occurring whale with very poor information on sighting or stranding, though more common in western Indian Ocean region. Threat to marine fauna from the ingestion of plastic carry bags and other non-biodegradable debris scattered on the ocean surface and at the seafloor is increasing at alarming proportions. This communication describes the stranded adult female Longman’s beaked whale near off Sutrapada, Veraval, Gujarat coast that has presumably been choked to death due to the ingestion of four thick plastic bags, which was revealed from the autopsy conducted by the Gujarat Forest Department and the Wildlife Treatment Centre, Sasan Gir, Gujarat.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Plastic debris; stomach; Longman’s Beaked Whale; Indopacetus pacificus; Sutrapada; Veraval; Saurashtra coast; India |
| Subjects: | Marine Environment > Marine Pollution |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2015 06:47 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 16:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10291 |
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