TY - JOUR
T1 - Largest Mortality Event to Date of California Sea Lions in Mexico Might Be Linked to a Harmful Algal Bloom
AU - Elorriaga-Verplancken, Fernando R.
AU - Hernandez-Camacho, Claudia J.
AU - Alvarez-Santamaria, Leonardo
AU - Paniagua-Mendoza, Aurora
AU - Robles-Hernandez, Roberto
AU - Rebolledo-Villa, Francisco
AU - Rosales-Nanduca, Hiram
AU - Ramos-Rodriguez, Alejandro
AU - Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We report a California sea lion (CSL; Zalophus cal-ifornianus) massive mortality event that occurred in the western region of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico, in late summer 2020 and analyze its relationship with a harmful algal bloom (HAB) through the use of satellite images. The assessment of this kind of event is of high importance given the lack of information at these latitudes. It represents a unique opportunity to increase our knowledge regarding the threats to which CSLs are exposed—especially in light of the decline in CSL abundance in different areas of its Mexican distribution (Elorriaga-Verplancken et al., 2016; Adame et al., 2020; Pelayo-Gonzalez et al., 2021b).
AB - We report a California sea lion (CSL; Zalophus cal-ifornianus) massive mortality event that occurred in the western region of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico, in late summer 2020 and analyze its relationship with a harmful algal bloom (HAB) through the use of satellite images. The assessment of this kind of event is of high importance given the lack of information at these latitudes. It represents a unique opportunity to increase our knowledge regarding the threats to which CSLs are exposed—especially in light of the decline in CSL abundance in different areas of its Mexican distribution (Elorriaga-Verplancken et al., 2016; Adame et al., 2020; Pelayo-Gonzalez et al., 2021b).
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U2 - 10.1578/AM.48.1.2022.59
DO - 10.1578/AM.48.1.2022.59
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85124271213
SN - 0167-5427
VL - 48
SP - 59
EP - 67
JO - Aquatic Mammals
JF - Aquatic Mammals
IS - 1
ER -