What caused the UK's largest common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mass stranding event?

On 9 June 2008, the UK's largest mass stranding event (MSE) of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) occurred in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall. At least 26 dolphins died, and a similar number was refloated/herded back to sea. On necropsy, all dolphins were in good nutritive status with empt...

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Main Authors:	Paul D Jepson, Robert Deaville, Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, James Barnett, Andrew Brownlow, Robert L Brownell, Frances C Clare, Nick Davison, Robin J Law, Jan Loveridge, Shaheed K Macgregor, Steven Morris, Sinéad Murphy, Rod Penrose, Matthew W Perkins, Eunice Pinn, Henrike Seibel, Ursula Siebert, Eva Sierra, Victor Simpson, Mark L Tasker, Nick Tregenza, Andrew A Cunningham, Antonio Fernández
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Subjects:	Medicine R Science Q
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/28f1b6c4bd0942faa1e371a1c856e3af
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What caused the UK's largest common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mass stranding event?

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