health and environmental risk assessment project for bottlenose dolphins tursiops truncatus from the southeastern usa. i. infectious diseases. | from 2003 to 2015, 360 free-ranging atlantic bottlenose dolphins tursiops truncatus inhabiting the indian river lagoon (irl, n = 246), florida, and coastal waters of charleston (chs, n = 114), south carolina, usa, were captured, given comprehensive health examinations, and released as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional study of individual and population health. the aim of this review is to summarize the substantial health data generated by this study and to examine morbidity bet ... | 2017 | 28737159 |