| reproductive outcome and survival of common bottlenose dolphins sampled in barataria bay, louisiana, usa, following the deepwater horizon oil spill. | common bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) inhabit bays, sounds and estuaries across the gulf of mexico. following the deepwater horizon oil spill, studies were initiated to assess potential effects on these ecologically important apex predators. a previous study reported disease conditions, including lung disease and impaired stress response, for 32 dolphins that were temporarily captured and given health assessments in barataria bay, louisiana, usa. ten of the sampled dolphins were determ ... | 2015 | 26538595 |
| adrenal gland and lung lesions in gulf of mexico common bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) found dead following the deepwater horizon oil spill. | a northern gulf of mexico (gom) cetacean unusual mortality event (ume) involving primarily bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in louisiana, mississippi, and alabama began in february 2010 and continued into 2014. overlapping in time and space with this ume was the deepwater horizon (dwh) oil spill, which was proposed as a contributing cause of adrenal disease, lung disease, and poor health in live dolphins examined during 2011 in barataria bay, louisiana. to assess potential contributing f ... | 2015 | 25992681 |
| seasonal variation in the skin transcriptome of common bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) from the northern gulf of mexico. | as long-lived predators that integrate exposures across multiple trophic levels, cetaceans are recognized as sentinels for the health of marine ecosystems. their utility as sentinels requires the establishment of baseline health parameters. because cetaceans are protected, measurements obtained with minimal disruption to free ranging animals are highly desirable. in this study we investigated the utility of skin gene expression profiling to monitor health and contaminant exposure in common bottl ... | 2015 | 26110790 |
| health of common bottlenose dolphins ( tursiops truncatus ) in barataria bay, louisiana, following the deepwater horizon oil spill. | the oil spill resulting from the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling platform initiated immediate concern for marine wildlife, including common bottlenose dolphins in sensitive coastal habitats. to evaluate potential sublethal effects on dolphins, health assessments were conducted in barataria bay, louisiana, an area that received heavy and prolonged oiling, and in a reference site, sarasota bay, florida, where oil was not observed. dolphins were temporarily captured, received a veterina ... | 2014 | 24350796 |
| were multiple stressors a 'perfect storm' for northern gulf of mexico bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in 2011? | an unusual number of near term and neonatal bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) mortalities occurred in the northern gulf of mexico (ngom) in 2011, during the first calving season after two well documented environmental perturbations; sustained cold weather in 2010 and the deepwater horizon oil spill (dwhos). preceding the stranding event, large volumes of cold freshwater entered the ngom due to unusually large snowmelt on the adjacent watershed, providing a third potential stressor. we cons ... | 2012 | 22815950 |