Codamozza‐Fluker: The Compelling Case of a Flukeless Fin Whale Traveling Throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the Need for Basin‐Wide Conservation Efforts

ABSTRACT Human‐caused injuries can have severe consequences for cetaceans, both for the well‐being of individuals and the effects at the population level. Here, we report the first case of a live fin whale in the Mediterranean Sea with completely amputated flukes, a female who suffered two separated...

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Main Authors:	Maddalena Jahoda, Margherita Zanardelli, Frank Dhermain, Jessica Alessi, Filippo Armonio, Marco Ballardini, Alain Barcelo, Giulia Calogero, Elena Fontanesi, Alexandros Frantzis, Maria Assunta Menniti, Clara Monaco, Céline Obadia, Giuliana Pellegrino, Alessandra Raffa, Céline Tardy, Alessandro Verga, Biagio Violi, Simone Panigada
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-05-01
Series:	Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:	anthropogenic impacts Balaenoptera physalus collisions ecosystem‐based conservation fin whale flukeless whale
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71313
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Codamozza‐Fluker: The Compelling Case of a Flukeless Fin Whale Traveling Throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the Need for Basin‐Wide Conservation Efforts

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