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Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding

  • Sandro Mazzariol ,

    * E-mail: sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it

    Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy

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  • Giovanni Di Guardo,

    Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

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  • Antonio Petrella,

    Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy

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  • Letizia Marsili,

    Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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  • Cristina M. Fossi,

    Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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  • Claudio Leonzio,

    Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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  • Nicola Zizzo,

    Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

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  • Salvatrice Vizzini,

    Affiliation Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  • Stefania Gaspari,

    Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

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  • Gianni Pavan,

    Affiliation Department of Animal Biology, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioacoustics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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  • Michela Podestà,

    Affiliation Museum of Natural History of Milan, Milano, Italy

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  • Fulvio Garibaldi,

    Affiliation Department for the Study Territory and its Resources, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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  • Margherita Ferrante,

    Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Diagnostic Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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  • Chiara Copat,

    Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Diagnostic Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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  • Donato Traversa,

    Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

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  • Federica Marcer,

    Affiliation Department of Experimental Veterinary Science, University of Padua, Legnaro Italy

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  • Sabina Airoldi,

    Affiliation Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy

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  • Alexandros Frantzis,

    Affiliation Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, Vouliagmeni, Greece

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  • Yara De Bernaldo Quirós,

    Affiliation Department of Morphology, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

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  • Bruno Cozzi,

    Affiliation Department of Experimental Veterinary Science, University of Padua, Legnaro Italy

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  •  [ ... ],
  • Antonio Fernández

    Affiliation Department of Morphology, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

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Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding

  • Sandro Mazzariol, 
  • Giovanni Di Guardo, 
  • Antonio Petrella, 
  • Letizia Marsili, 
  • Cristina M. Fossi, 
  • Claudio Leonzio, 
  • Nicola Zizzo, 
  • Salvatrice Vizzini, 
  • Stefania Gaspari, 
  • Gianni Pavan
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  • Published: May 18, 2011
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019417
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