Dolphin necropsy taking place in MRF.

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152682

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Moore, Michael

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Dolphin necropsy taking place in MRF.

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04/18/2006

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DSC05848.JPG

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Far left is Misty Niemeyer from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Marine Mammal Rescue Research Division recording data. On the left is a common dolphin that died in Harwich yesterday being examined by Greg Early, Colby Moore( a WHOI GS and grad student at Baylor U in TX and Rui Prieto - a U Azores grad student visiting NOAA NEFSC from Horta, Azores. On the right Maya Yamato, a Ketten Lab MIT-WHOI grad student is removing the ears with Alex Zosuls from BU observing. Andreas Fahlman a Bio Dept Res Spec is working on the lungs, preparing them for a study of their compliance at different pressures.
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In this Dec. 17 snapshot of activity in the Marine Research Facility Necropsy Lab, researchers investigate the body of a common dolphin that died the day before in Harwich. The animal is being examined for gross pathology and being sampled to determine how it died. The ears and lungs will be used for ongoing research projects. At far left is Misty Niemeyer from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Marine Mammal Rescue Research Division, records data. Examining the dolphin at left are independent researcher Gregory A. Early, Colby Moore, a WHOI guest student and a grad student at Baylor University, and Rui Prieto, a University of Azores graduate student visiting from Horta, Azores. At right, Maya Yamato, a MIT-WHOI grad student, is removing the ears, as Alex Zosuls, from Boston University, observes. Andreas Fahlman, a WHOI research specialist in biology, is preparing the lungs for a study of their compliance at different pressures.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 2, Pg. 43:
A LIVELY DAY IN THE WHOI NECROPSY LAB—
Researchers examine the body of a common dolphin that died the day before in Harwich, Mass., to determine its cause of death. Recording data at far left is Misty Niemeyer from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Marine Mammal Rescue Research Division. At the left table are independent researcher Gregory Early, Colby Moore, a WHOI guest student and a graduate student at Baylor University, and Rui Prieto, a visiting University of Azores graduate student. At right, Maya Yamato, an MIT-WHOI graduate student, removes the ears for her ongoing research on marine mammal hearing, as Alex Zosuls, from Boston University, observes. WHOI research specialist Andreas Fahlma (far right) prepares the lungs for another study.

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