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Anthropogenic impact on a pregnant Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded in Brazil

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13/06/2016
Author
Bortolotto, Guilherme A.
Morais, Igor Oliveira Braga
Ferreira, Paulo Roberto Bahiano
Reis, Maria do Socorro Santos dos
Souto, Luciano Raimundo Alardo
Keywords
Ziphiidae
Cetacean
Reproduction
Marine debris
Brazil
Toothed whale
GC Oceanography
QH301 Biology
DAS
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Background: Because of their usually cryptic behaviour, most knowledge on the biology of beaked whales are from records of stranded animals. Although the Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is the best known species of the ziphiidae family, little information on its reproduction is available. Results: Here we report on the stranding of a dead pregnant female with clear signs of anthropogenic impact, including the presence of a fishing artefact in the stomach. Conclusions: The region of the stranding (north-eastern coast of Brazil) is an area of increasing interest for oil and gas exploitation. Conservation concerns may arise from findings such as the one presented and discussed here.
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Bortolotto , G A , Morais , I O B , Ferreira , P R B , Reis , M D S S D & Souto , L R A 2016 , ' Anthropogenic impact on a pregnant Cuvier's beaked whale ( Ziphius cavirostris ) stranded in Brazil ' , Marine Biodiversity Records , vol. 9 , 30 , pp. 1-5 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0055-0
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Marine Biodiversity Records
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0055-0
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Journal article
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© 2016 Bortolotto et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18670

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