Cardiac assessments of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following exposure to Deepwater Horizon oil.

Cardiac assessments of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following exposure to Deepwater Horizon oil.

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill profoundly impacted the health of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Barataria Bay, LA (BB). To comprehensively assess the cardiac health of dolphins living within the DWH oil spill footprint, techniques for in-water cardiac evaluation were refined with...

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Main Authors: Barbara K Linnehan, Forrest M Gomez, Sharon M Huston, Adonia Hsu, Ryan Takeshita, Kathleen M Colegrove, Craig A Harms, Ashley Barratclough, Alissa C Deming, Teri K Rowles, Whitney B Musser, Eric S Zolman, Randall S Wells, Eric D Jensen, Lori H Schwacke, Cynthia R Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261112

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261112

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