TY  - GEN
A1  - Schnitzler, Joseph G.
A1  - Pinzone, Marianna
A1  - Autenrieth, Marijke
A1  - van Neer, Abbo
A1  - IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.
A1  - Barber, Jonathan  L.
A1  - Deaville, Rob
A1  - Jepson, Paul
A1  - Brownlow, Andrew
A1  - Schaffeld, Tobias
A1  - Thomé, Jean-Pierre
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
A1  - Das, Krishna
A1  - Siebert, Ursula
T1  - Inter-individual differences in contamination profiles as tracer of social group association in stranded sperm whales
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Ecological and physiological factors lead to different contamination patterns in individual marine mammals. The objective of the present study was to assess whether variations in contamination profiles are indicative of social structures of young male sperm whales as they might reflect a variation in feeding preferences and/or in utilized feeding grounds. We used a total of 61 variables associated with organic compounds and trace element concentrations measured in muscle, liver, kidney and blubber gained from 24 sperm whales that stranded in the North Sea in January and February 2016. Combining contaminant and genetic data, there is evidence for at least two cohorts with different origin among these stranded sperm whales; one from the Canary Island region and one from the northern part of the Atlantic. While genetic data unravel relatedness and kinship, contamination data integrate over areas, where animals occured during their lifetime. Especially in long-lived animals with a large migratory potential, as sperm whales, contamination data may carry highly relevant information about aggregation through time and space.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 692 
KW  - porpoises phococena-phococena
KW  - North-sea
KW  - physeter-macrocephalus
KW  - Galapagos-Islands
KW  - harbor porpoises
KW  - cetacean strandings
KW  - aggregations
KW  - pollutants
KW  - behavior
KW  - mammals
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426525
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 692
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schnitzler, Joseph G.
A1  - Pinzone, Marianna
A1  - Autenrieth, Marijke
A1  - van Neer, Abbo
A1  - IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.
A1  - Barber, Jonathan L.
A1  - Deaville, Rob
A1  - Jepson, Paul
A1  - Brownlow, Andrew
A1  - Schaffeld, Tobias
A1  - Thome, Jean-Pierre
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
A1  - Das, Krishna
A1  - Siebert, Ursula
T1  - Inter-individual differences in contamination profiles as tracer of social group association in stranded sperm whales
JF  - Scientific reports
N2  - Ecological and physiological factors lead to different contamination patterns in individual marine mammals. The objective of the present study was to assess whether variations in contamination profiles are indicative of social structures of young male sperm whales as they might reflect a variation in feeding preferences and/or in utilized feeding grounds. We used a total of 61 variables associated with organic compounds and trace element concentrations measured in muscle, liver, kidney and blubber gained from 24 sperm whales that stranded in the North Sea in January and February 2016. Combining contaminant and genetic data, there is evidence for at least two cohorts with different origin among these stranded sperm whales; one from the Canary Island region and one from the northern part of the Atlantic. While genetic data unravel relatedness and kinship, contamination data integrate over areas, where animals occured during their lifetime. Especially in long-lived animals with a large migratory potential, as sperm whales, contamination data may carry highly relevant information about aggregation through time and space.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29186-z
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 8
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  -