Authorities say at least 279 dolphins have stranded across the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number.
NEW ORLEANS — At least 279 dolphins have stranded across much of the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number, and about 98 percent of them have died, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
BP spill effects included problems with lungs and adrenal glands, which produce stress-related hormones; blood abnormalities; and general poor condition, according to. Those reports said the spill contributed to the Gulf of Mexico’s largest and longest dolphin die-off. Erin Fougères, administrator for the marine mammal stranding program in NOAA Fisheries’ southeast region, said 23% of the dolphins stranded from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle had sores consistent with freshwater exposure. Such lesions are “not uncommon” in the spring, according toMississippi had 121 dolphin strandings as of Wednesday, with 89 in Louisiana, 32 in Alabama and 37 in Florida, Fougères said.
She said other possible causes might include chemicals and other pollutants in the river water, and changes in the dolphins’ usual prey as fish and crabs needing higher salinity left the bays and estuaries where 15 of the area’s 17 dolphin groups live.
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