Assateague Island National Seashore, MD - Marine Animal Strandings, 2003
Assateague Island National Seashore, MD - Marine Animal Strandings, 2003. Location not listed
During 2003, 18 stranded dead marine animals came ashore on Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland. Of the total animals stranded dead on the ocean shore, there were five sea turtles and 13 marine mammals. The average number of total strandings per year between 1991 – 2002 is 17 for the Maryland portion of Assateague Island, with a range of seven to 31 animals.
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- Unpublished Report
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- Baltimore National Aquarium, Bottlenose dolphins, Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Eubalaena glacialis, Grampus griseus, Harbor Porpoises, Kogia breviceps, Leatherback Turtles, Lggerhead Turtles, Northern Right Whale, Phocoena phocoena, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Risso's Dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, strandings, Striped Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus