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Results of a field collection of biopsy samples from coastal bottlenose dolphin in the mid-Atlantic
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2001
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Description:During the period October 15-24, 1999, an attempt was made to collect biopsy samples, via the use of an 18 foot outboard motor boat and cross bows, of skin and blubber from coastal bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, at two sites: Ocean City, Maryland (Figure 1) and Chincoteague Island, Virginia (Figure 1). Following two days of searching at the Ocean City, Maryland site we detected no animals, and the site was abandoned. The field collection team moved 35 miles south to Chincoteague Island, Virginia where coastal bottlenose dolphin were located. Following a brief survey of the Chincoteague Inlet area, the team determined that sufficient dolphins (n = 200 - 250) were in the area to begin biopsy operations. The team worked with this group of dolphins during the following 3.5 days. Nine biopsy samples were collected. These biopsy samples will support ongoing genetic and stable isotope analyses for determining stock structure and foraging ecology of coastal bottlenose dolphin in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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Content Notes:by John Nicolas, David C. Potter, Charles W. Potter, and Patricia E. Rosel.
"July 2001."
Also available online via the Northeast Fisheries Science Center home page.
Includes bibliographical references (page 5).
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