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 s...

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Main Authors: Venn-Watson, Stephanie, Colegrove, Kathleen M., Litz, Jenny, Kinsel, Michael, Terio, Karen, Saliki, Jeremiah, Fire, Spencer, Carmichael, Ruth, Chevis, Connie, Hatchett, Wendy, Pitchford, Jonathan, Tumlin, Mandy, Field, Cara, Smith, Suzanne, Ewing, Ruth, Fauquier, Deborah, Lovewell, Gretchen, Whitehead, Heidi, Rotstein, David, McFee, Wayne, Fougeres, Erin, Rowles, Teri
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439104/