| morbidity and mortality in stranded cook inlet beluga whales delphinapterus leucas. | the endangered cook inlet (alaska, usa) stock of beluga whales delphinapterus leucas declined 47% between 1994 and 1998, from an estimated 653 whales to 347 whales, with a continued decline to approximately 312 in 2012. between 1998 and 2013, 164 known dead strandings were reported by the national marine fisheries service. only 38 of these animals, or 23% of the known stranded carcasses, were necropsied. carcasses were found between april and october. the majority of animals necropsied were adul ... | 2015 | 25958805 |