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22.07.2019 | Short Communication

Epidermal Lesions and Injuries of Coastal Dolphins as Indicators of Ecological Health

verfasst von: Stephen C. Y. Chan, Leszek Karczmarski

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Humpback dolphins (genus Sousa), obligatory inshore delphinids, are frequently exposed to adverse effects of many human activities. In Hong Kong, one of the world’s most urbanised coastal regions, ~ 50% of the dolphins suffer from at least one type of epidermal lesions, likely related to anthropogenically degraded habitat. Furthermore, one in every ten dolphins has physical injuries indicative of vessel collisions, propeller cuts and fishing-gear entanglements. As top predators with long lifespan, dolphins are good “barometers” of marine environment and their compromised health conditions are symptomatic of increasingly degraded ecological conditions of coastal seas, especially in rapidly developing regions of fast-growing economies.

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Titel: Epidermal Lesions and Injuries of Coastal Dolphins as Indicators of Ecological Health
verfasst von: Stephen C. Y. Chan
Leszek Karczmarski
Publikationsdatum: 22.07.2019
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: EcoHealth / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01428-0

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