Publications in Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response
Marine Mammal Stranding Forms and Reports
- National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank Form [pdf]
(OMB No. 0648-0468)- Instructions: The Examiner's Guide to the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank Form [pdf]
- National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank Request Form [pdf]
(OMB No. 0648-0468)
- 2007 Marine Mammal Stranding Report - Level A [pdf]
(OMB No. 0648-0178, NOAA Form 89-864) - 2007 Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report [pdf]
(OMB No. 0648-0178, NOAA Form 89-878)
Marine Mammal Stranding Events
- Gaydos, J. K. 2006. Bottlenose Dolphins and Brevetoxins: A Coordinated Research and Response Plan [pdf]. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-32. 46 pp.
- Hohn, A.A., D.S. Rotstein, C.A. Harms, and B.L. Southall. 2006. Report on marine mammal unusual mortality event UMESE0501Sp: Multispecies mass stranding of pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia sima) in North Carolina on 15-16 January 2005 [pdf] [10.9 MB]. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-537, 222 p.
- Southall, B. L., R. Braun, F. M. D. Gulland, A. D. Heard, R. W. Baird, S. M. Wilkin and T. K. Rowles. 2006. Hawaiian melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) mass stranding event of July 3-4, 2004 [pdf] [4.4 MB]. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-31. 73 p.
- Gulland, F.M.D., H. Pérez-Cortés M., J. Urbán R., L. Rojas-Bracho, G. Ylitalo, J. Weir, S.A. Norman, M.M. Muto, D.J. Rugh, C. Kreuder, and T. Rowles. 2005. Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Unusual Mortality Event, 1999-2000 [pdf] U.S. Dep. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-AFSC-150, 33 p.
- Interim Report on the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Unusual Mortality Event, March-April 2004 [pdf] [1.7 MB]
- Norman, S.A., Raverty, S., McLellan, B., Pabst, A., Ketten, D., Fleetwood, M., Gaydos, J.K., Norberg, B., Barre, L., Cox, T., Hanson, B., and Jeffries, S. 2004. Multidisciplinary investigation of stranded harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Washington State with an assessment of acoustic trauma as a contributory factor (2 May-2 June 2003) [pdf] [4.5 MB] U.S. Dep. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWR-34, 120 p.
- Gulland, F. 2000. Domoic Acid Toxicity in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Stranded Along the Central California Coast, May-October 1998 [pdf] [1.9 MB]. Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service Working Group on Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech Memo, NMFS-OPR-17.
- Bahamas Beaked Whale Report (2000) [pdf] [1.5 MB]
--Bahamas Beaked Whale Report 1-Page Summary - Mass Stranding of Beaked Whales in the Galapagos Islands, April 2000 [pdf]
- Read, Andrew J., and Kimberly T. Murray. 2000. Gross Evidence of Human-Induced Mortality in Small Cetaceans [pdf] [1.7 MB] U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-OPR-15, 21 p.
NMFS Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Plans
- Wilkinson, Dean. 1996. National Contingency Plan for Response to Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events [pdf] [11.9 MB], NOAA Tech Memo, NMFS-OPR-9, 118 p.
- Becker, Paul R., Dean Wilkinson, and Ted I. Lillestolen. 1994. Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Development Plan [pdf] [1.5 MB], NOAA Tech Memo, NMFS-OPR-94-2, 35 p.
- Reynolds III, John E. and Daniel K. Odell, eds. 1991. Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States [pdf] [14.9 MB]: Proceedings of the Second Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop; 3-5 December 1987, Miami, Florida. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 98.
- Wilkinson, D. 1991. Report to Assistant Administrator for Fisheries: Program Review of the Marine Mammal Stranding Networks [pdf] [5.5 MB]. National Marine Fisheries Service. 171 p.
Guidance Manuals on Forensic, Necropsy, and Tissue Collection
- Geraci, J.R. and V.J. Lounsbury. 2005. Marine Mammals Ashore: A Field Guide for Strandings
Second Edition. National Aquarium in Baltimore.
- Federal Register Notice - Protocol for Access to Tissue Specimen Samples from the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank [pdf] (67FR-68553, 2002)
- Dierauf, L.A. 1994. Pinniped Forensic, Necropsy, and Tissue Collection Guide [pdf] [2.9 MB], U.S. Dept. of Commer., NOAA Tech Memo. NMFS-OPR-94-3, 80 p.
- Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, B.J. Koster, R. Zeisler. 1991. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Revised Collection Protocol [pdf] [5.5 MB], U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 4529, 33 p.
Assessment of Current Response Practices
- 1997. DRAFT Release of Stranded Marine Mammals to the Wild: Background, Preparation, and Release Criteria [pdf] [7.2 MB], 76 p.
- St. Aubin, D.J., J.R. Geraci. and V.J. Lounsbury, editors. 1996. Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release of Marine Mammals: an Analysis of Current Views and Practices [pdf] [1.7 MB] Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Des Plaines, IL, 3-5 December 1991. NOAA Tech Memo, NMFS-OPR-8, 65 p.