Records of cetacean strandings in El Salvador between 1995-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5377/ryr.v54i54.12080Keywords:
Stenella, Tursiops, stranding, los Cóbanos, El SalvadorAbstract
This paper presents information on 49 cetacean strandings that occurred in 28 littoral sites of El Salvador coast from 1995 to 2019. Data come from different sources: communication media, technical reports, scientific papers and local knowledge and include 50 individuals from 16 species embraced in five families. The most important family was Delphinidae, which comprised ten strandings. The most abundant species involved in these events were: Stenella coeruleoalba (12 specimens, 24 %), Stenella attenuata (seven, 14 %) and Tursiops truncatus (six, 12 %). Also there were three incidents for Balaenoptera edeni. Strandings occurred in seven Departments and the most important were Sonsonate and La Libertad with 12 and 11 events, respectively. Sites with most beached cetaceans were Natural Protected Area Los Cóbanos (five) and San Diego beach (four). Highest events appeared in 2012 (eight), 2013 (seven) and 2014 (seven). Beached cetaceans presented lacerations-bruises (13, 26 %), and unknown illness (six,12 %)
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