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Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015

Year 2015, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 232 - 237, 20.09.2015

Ayaka Amaha Öztürk Ayhan Dede Arda M. Tonay Erdem Danyer , İşıl Aytemiz

Abstract

AbstractMinke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, is known as a visitor species in the Mediterranean Sea. On 10 April 2015, a female minke whale stranded in Yumurtalık on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The body length and body weight were measured as 3.55 m and 400 kg, respectively. The carcass was necropsied, however the reason of the stranding was not evident due the advanced stage of decomposition. This is the second case of minke whale stranding in Turkey.

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Keywords: Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata stranding eastern Mediterranean Sea

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Year 2015, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 232 - 237, 20.09.2015

Ayaka Amaha Öztürk Ayhan Dede Arda M. Tonay Erdem Danyer , İşıl Aytemiz

Abstract

References

  • Jefferson,T.A., Leatherwood, S., Webber, M.A. (1993) FAO Species
  • Identification Guide. Marine Mammals of the World. FAO, Rome, 320pp. Kerem, D., Hadar, N., Goffman, O., Scheinin, A., Kent, R., Boisseau, O., Schattner, U. (2012) Update on the cetacean fauna of the Mediterranean
  • Levantine Basin. The Open Marine Biology Journal 6: 6-27. Nortarbartolo di Sciara, G., Birkun, A. Jr. (2010) Conserving Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: an ACCOBAMS Status
  • Report, 2010. ACCOBAMS, Monaco, 212pp.
  • Öztürk, A.A., Tonay, A.M., Dede, A. (2011) Strandings of the beaked whales,
  • Risso’s dolphins, an a minke whale on the Turkish coast of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 17(3): 269-274. Rowles, T.K., Van Dolah, F.M., Hohn, A.A. (2001) Gross necropsy and specimen collection protocols. In: CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal
  • Verriopoulou, A., Tounta E., Dendrinos P. (2001) First report of a minke whale
  • (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804) in Hellenic waters. Aquatic Mammals 27(2): 137-139.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Ayaka Amaha Öztürk This is me

Ayhan Dede This is me

Arda M. Tonay This is me

Erdem Danyer

İşıl Aytemiz This is me

Publication Date September 20, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 21 Issue: 2

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APA Öztürk, A. A. ., Dede, A. ., Tonay, A. M. ., Danyer, E. ., et al. (2015). Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, 21(2), 232-237.
AMA Öztürk AA, Dede A, Tonay AM, Danyer E, Aytemiz İ. Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. August 2015;21(2):232-237.
Chicago Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha, Ayhan Dede, Arda M. Tonay, Erdem Danyer, and İşıl Aytemiz. “Stranding of a Minke Whale on the Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, April 2015”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 21, no. 2 (August 2015): 232-37.
EndNote Öztürk AA, Dede A, Tonay AM, Danyer E, Aytemiz İ (August 1, 2015) Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 21 2 232–237.
IEEE A. A. . Öztürk, A. . Dede, A. M. . Tonay, E. . Danyer, and İ. . Aytemiz, “Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015”, Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 232–237, 2015.
ISNAD Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha et al. “Stranding of a Minke Whale on the Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, April 2015”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 21/2 (August 2015), 232-237.
JAMA Öztürk AA, Dede A, Tonay AM, Danyer E, Aytemiz İ. Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2015;21:232–237.
MLA Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha et al. “Stranding of a Minke Whale on the Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, April 2015”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 21, no. 2, 2015, pp. 232-7.
Vancouver Öztürk AA, Dede A, Tonay AM, Danyer E, Aytemiz İ. Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2015;21(2):232-7.