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Investigation of unusual mortalities of bottlenose dolphins along the mid-Texas coastal bay ecosystem during 1992

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Date Issued:
1999
Summary:
An investigation was conducted into the deaths of more than 220 bottlenose dolphons (Tursiops truncatus) that occurred within the coastal bay ecosystem of mid-Texas between January and May 1992. The high mortality rate was unusual in that it was limited to a relatively small geographical area, occurred primarily within an inshore bay system separated from the Gulf of Mexico by barrier islands, and coincided with deaths of other taxa including birds and fish. Factors examined to determine the potential causes of the dolphin mortalities included microbial pathogens, natural biotoxins, industrial pollutants, other environmental contaminants, and direct human interactions. Emphasis was placed on nonpoint source pesticide runoff from agricultural areas, which had resulted from record rainfall that occurred during the period of increased mortality.
Title: Investigation of unusual mortalities of bottlenose dolphins along the mid-Texas coastal bay ecosystem during 1992.
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Alternative Title: Unusual Mortalities of Bottlenose Dolphins Along the Mid-Texas Coastal Bay Ecosystem During 1992.
Name(s): Colbert, A. A.
United States National Marine Fisheries Service.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 1999
Date Issued: 1999
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Place of Publication: Seattle, Wash.
Physical Form: print
Extent: 23 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: An investigation was conducted into the deaths of more than 220 bottlenose dolphons (Tursiops truncatus) that occurred within the coastal bay ecosystem of mid-Texas between January and May 1992. The high mortality rate was unusual in that it was limited to a relatively small geographical area, occurred primarily within an inshore bay system separated from the Gulf of Mexico by barrier islands, and coincided with deaths of other taxa including birds and fish. Factors examined to determine the potential causes of the dolphin mortalities included microbial pathogens, natural biotoxins, industrial pollutants, other environmental contaminants, and direct human interactions. Emphasis was placed on nonpoint source pesticide runoff from agricultural areas, which had resulted from record rainfall that occurred during the period of increased mortality.
Identifier: 43363018 (oclc), fgcu_swfe_0407 (IID), AAA3546 QF
Note(s): A.A. Colbert ... [et al.].
"November 1999."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23).
Subject(s): Bottlenose dolphin -- Texas -- Mortality
Bottlenose dolphin -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Mortality
Bottlenose dolphin -- Diseases -- Texas
Bottlenose dolphin -- Diseases -- Mexico, Gulf of
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Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/fgcu_swfe_0407
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Host Institution: FGCU
Is Part of Series: NOAA technical report NMFS ; 147.