Bottlenose Dolphins as Indicators of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Western North Atlantic Ocean and Northern Gulf of Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 4270-4277 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kucklick ◽  
Lori Schwacke ◽  
Randy Wells ◽  
Aleta Hohn ◽  
Aurore Guichard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico

Comparison of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) between small cetaceans in coastal and estuarine waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Balmer ◽  
Gina Ylitalo ◽  
Stephanie Watwood ◽  
Brian Quigley ◽  
Jennie Bolton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Estuarine Waters ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico

Validating the occurrence of Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi (Poey), (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a key for sharks of the family Carcharhinidae inhabiting the region

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2933 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM B. DRIGGERS III ◽  
ERIC R. HOFFMAYER ◽  
EMMA L. HICKERSON ◽  
TIMOTHY L. MARTIN ◽  
CHRISTOPHER T. GLEDHILL
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Shark Species ◽  
Mississippi River Delta ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
The Family ◽  
Reef Sharks

Among the sharks inhabiting the continental shelf waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean, those within the genus Carcharhinus are the most speciose (Castro 2011). Authoritative sources agree on the presence of twelve species of carcharhinids in the northern Gulf of Mexico; however, they disagree on the presence of a thirteenth species, C. perezi (Poey), in the region (Compagno 1984, Compagno 2002, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998, Castro 2011). While the range of C. perezi is well-documented to extend from the southeastern coast of Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil (Castro 2011), published records of C. perezi occurring in the northern Gulf of Mexico are limited to two sources. In their description of Eulamia springeri, a junior synonym of C. perezi, Bigelow & Schroeder (1944) place the species in the northern Gulf of Mexico based on “a somewhat shrivelled skin with head” from a specimen collected off the west coast of Florida that was reported by the authors to be “probably of this species.” Later, Springer (1960) reported the capture of a single specimen off the Mississippi River Delta in 1947; however, no detail of the capture was provided other than it being listed within a table summarizing shark species collected during exploratory fishing operations.

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