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Increased Wounding of Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) Calves by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) at Península Valdés, Argentina

At least 626 southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) calves died at the Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, between 2003 and 2014. Intense gull harassment may have contributed to these deaths. In the 1970s, Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) began feeding on skin and blubber pecked from the b...

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Autores principales: Marón, Carina F., Beltramino, Lucas, Di Martino, Matías, Chirife, Andrea, Seger, Jon, Uhart, Marcela, Sironi, Mariano, Rowntree, Victoria J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139291