Spatiotemporal accumulation of fatal pharyngeal entrapment of flatfish in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea

The evolution of a permanent separation of the upper respiratory and digestive tract is one of the adaptions cetaceans evolved for their aquatic life. Generally, it prevents odontocetes from choking on either saltwater or foreign bodies during ingestion under water. Nevertheless, several sporadic si...

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Autores principales: Gross, Stephanie, Roller, Marco, Haslob, Holger, Grilo, Miguel, Lakemeyer, Jan, Reckendorf, Anja, Wohlsein, Peter, Siebert, Ursula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
Materias:
Animal Behavior
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150078
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10160

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150078
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10160

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