Jeyabaskaran, R and Sakthivel, M and Ramesh Kumar, P and Jayasankar, J and Vysakhan, P and Kripa, V (2018) Biosonar dysfunction and mass stranding of short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhyncus at Manapad, southeast coast of India- An emphatic key in demystifying the enigma? Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 47 (10). pp. 2077-2086.
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Abstract
A mass stranding of 81 short-finned pilot whale (SFPW) Globicephala macrorhynchus along Manapad coast from 11th to 15th January, 2016 was reported. Along the same coast, 147 SFPW were reported to have stranded in the same month, 43 years ago. Morphometric measurements of stranded specimens were taken. Based on the necropsy and subsequent findings, the animals showed no obvious signs of health problems. The single most predominant cause to have triggered the recent mass stranding could be possibly biosonar dysfunction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gulf of Mannar;Stranding event;Morphometry;Kinship behaviour;Necropsy |
| Subjects: | Marine Mammals > Whales Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > Stranding Marine Mammals |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Mandapam 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: | 20 Oct 2018 06:40 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 09:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/13050 |
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