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Cetacean strandings in Tasmania from February 1978 to May 1983
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McManus, TJ, Wapstra, JE, Guiler, ER, Munday, BL and Obendorf, DL 1984
, 'Cetacean strandings in Tasmania from February 1978 to May 1983'
, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 118
, pp. 117-135
, doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.118.117.
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Abstract
This paper presents a summary of 46 recent whale strandings involving 13 species and 497 animals, as well as six strandings not included in the previous summary by Guiler (1978). Two new species are added to the 22 previously recorded for Tasmania. Details of rescue operations, including an evaluation of current procedures, are given. Causes of the stranding phenomenon are discussed with particular reference to events in Tasmania.
Results of pathological examinations are given, together with analyses of heavy metal and pesticide residue in tissues.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | McManus, TJ and Wapstra, JE and Guiler, ER and Munday, BL and Obendorf, DL |
| Keywords: | Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| ISSN: | 0080-4703 |
| DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.118.117 |
| Collections: | Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| Additional Information: | Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania |
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