DNA Bar-coding of Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) stranded at Mandarmani beach, West Bengal, India-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

DNA Bar-coding of Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) stranded at Mandarmani beach, West Bengal, India

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Author:

Balakrishnan S.¹,Tudu P. C.¹,Acharya Smrutirekha²,Mohapatra Anil²,Raghunathan C³

Affiliation:

1. Zoological Survey of India, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Digha

2. Zoological Survey of India, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India

3. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block

Abstract

Abstract The present paper reports the molecular analysis (CoI) of a female blue whale Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) of approximately 40 ft in length, stranded on June 29, 2020 at Mandarmani along the West Bengal coast. This is the second record of stranding of blue whale along the coast after 1934. The strandings provides vital information on species life histories, population health and status of marine ecosystems. Since all cetaceans are important from a conservation perspective; precise documentation of their occurrence would provide valuable information about the distribution and migratory nature of different species in the seas around India. A table of blue whales stranded on Indian coasts between 1874 and 2020 has been provided.

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Research Square Platform LLC

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