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Review of fin whale mortality events in the Adriatic Sea (1728–2012), with a description of a previously unreported killing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2012
Abstract
This paper contributes an updated and detailed review of fin whale mortality events in the Adriatic Sea, encompassing four centuries. A total of 17 events, all referring to single animals, were validated through a content review of historical and recent information. Mortality events in the area mostly involved dead animals (N = 12; 70.6%), with 2 whales live-stranded (11.8%) and 3 killed (17.6%). Most records (70.6%) are for the last century, likely due to improved reporting. We provide a detailed description of the previously unpublished killing of an adult male fin whale which occurred in 1960 in the central-western portion of the basin.
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- Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012
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