Coastal Stock(s) of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin: Status Review and Management. Proceedings and Recommendations from a Workshop held in Beaufort, North Carolina, 13-14 September 1993; Technical memo

摘要

From early June, 1987, until March, 1988, unprecedented numbers of bottlenose dolphins, 'Tursiops truncatus', washed ashore along the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Florida. Details of the initial response to the event, subsequent organization of a multi-disciplinary team of investigators, and scope of the analyses were provided in an unpublished Interim Report submitted to the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission in May 1988. The event was unparalleled, and therefore demanded a comprehensive investigation of proximate and contributing factors. Routine laboratory protocols were modified to meet rigorous research standards. Contributing laboratories with expertise in pathology, biochemistry, microbiology, virology, contaminants,and biotoxins performed analyses on coded samples from the dolphins.