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Using Unoccupied Aerial Systems to Collect Dolphin Health Data
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Using the UAS “SnotBot” with petri dishes attached to capture the blow exhalations of dolphins. Credit: NOAA. Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops ...
Photographs of Stranded Dolphin with Lesions Emphasizes Diseases of ...
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Photographs of the flipper of a bottlenose dolphin stranded on Seabrook Island, South Carolina, show lesions likely to be that of the fungal disease ...
First Record of Microplastics in North American Bottlenose Dolphins ...
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NCCOS and academic partners have published a new methodology for extracting microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts of small cetaceans, such as ...
Brucellosis in Stranded SC Bottlenose Dolphins Coincides with Calving ...
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NCCOS tested 282 stranded dolphins in South Carolina for brucellosis, caused by the bacterial pathogen Brucella ceti. Nearly 32% tested positive ...
First microplastics discovered in common bottlenose dolphins
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NCCOS and academic partners have published a new methodology for extracting microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts of small cetaceans, such as ...
Protocols for Conducting Dolphin Capture-Release Health Assessment ...
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The Bottlenose Dolphin Health and Risk Assessment (HERA) Project, initiated in 2003, is a collaborative effort between the National Ocean Service's ...
Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Bottlenose Dolphin Occurrence in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/temporal-and-spatial-aspects-of-bottlenose-dolphin-occurrence-in-coastal-and-estuarine-waters-near-charleston-south-carolina/
The spatial and temporal occurrence of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the coastal and estuarine waters near Charleston, SC were ...
Bottlenose Dolphin Blood Gene Expression Indicator of Health
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NCCOS scientists recently described the blood transcriptome of bottlenose dolphins with collaborators at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii. This study ...
Preliminary report on bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates) uterine ...
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There has been little, if any, work performed on parity in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The objective of this preliminary study was to ...
Graduate Student to Research Historical Dolphin Health Indicators
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Previous studies of bottlenose dolphins in waters surrounding Brunswick and Sapelo, Georgia havedemonstrated local, large fluctuations in salinity ...
Ranging patterns, spatial overlap, and association with dolphin ...
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During 2013–2015, an outbreak of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) occurred in the western North Atlantic, which resulted in the stranding of over 1,600 ...
BBC Documentary Highlights Microplastics Detection in Bottlenose Dolphins
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NCCOS and College of Charleston scientists detected microplastics in gut samples of bottlenose dolphins for the first time during a BBC documentary.
Cold Water Anomaly May Explain 2011 Unusual Bottlenose Dolphin ...
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While climate change is often associated with global warming and rising seawater temperatures, there are other climate-related anomalies that can ...
Scientists Recognized for Role in Assessing Dolphin Mortalities
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Last month, scientists from NCCOS's Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) received an Outstanding Achievement ...
More Complete Dolphin Genome Could Improve Assessments
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A new, more exhaustive Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) genome, or complete set of the species' genetic material, was completed by ...
Persistent Organic Pollutants Unlikely Cause of Dolphin Health Issues ...
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A remote biopsy sample is collected from a bottlenose dolphin. Credit: NOAA NCCOS scientists reported that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were ...
Discarded Aluminum Foil Contributes to Recent Bottlenose Dolphin Death
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A necropsy of a female bottlenose dolphin stranded in emaciated condition last month on Edisto Beach, South Carolina, revealed a largepiece of ...
Entangled Bottlenose Dolphin Calf Rescued in Florida
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An NCCOS researcher working with National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and regional organizations rescued a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ...
Where is all the Brevetoxin in Florida Dolphins?
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After over 500 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore during a decade of Florida red tides, puzzled scientists measured little to no brevetoxin in them. An ...
East Coast Estuarine Dolphins Are Separate Species
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A collaborative study found that East Coast estuarine dolphins are a separate species, distinct from the offshore form of common bottlenose dolphins ...