Kate Bryant

Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Wildlife Biology

Population Biology

Conservation and biodiversity

Ecology

Evolutionary biology

Mammals

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Technical report on the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) unusual mortality event within the Swan Canning Riverpark, June-October 2009

by C. Holyoake, H. Finn, N. Stephens, P. Duignan, C. Salgado, H. Smith, L. Bejder, T. Linke, C. Daniel and H.N. Lo ... (15 authors)

Published 2010

This technical report reviews findings from an investigation into the mortalities of six bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Swan Canning Riverpark in 2009. The report: (a) describes the epidemiology and pathology of these mortalities; (b) presents background information on the ecology of dolphins in the Swan Canning Riverpark and factors known to affect dolphin health; and (c) discusses the potential role of chemical contaminants in the mortalities. These mortalities were investigated in context of dolphin deaths in the Swan Canning Riverpark prior to 2009 and a series of mortalities of dolphins in the Bunbury area between 2008-10, as well as marine mammal mortality events in other locations.

Kate Bryant

Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences

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