Table 1. Species studied and pathologic categories in stranded cetaceans from the Canary Islands (2006–2012).
| Pathologic categories | ND | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Natural | Anthropogenic | |||||||
| PSLNS | PGNS | NPP | IITI | FBAP | VC | IFA | |||
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Balaenoptera borealis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Balaenoptera physalus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delphinus delphis | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Globicephala macrorhynchus | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Grampus griseus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kogia breviceps | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Kogia sima | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lagenodelphis hosei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mesoplodon bidens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mesoplodon europaeus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Mesoplodon mirus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phocoena phocoena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Physeter macrocephalus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11* | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Pseudorca crassidens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stenella coeruleoalba | 18* | 14 | 4* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Stenella frontalis | 6 | 16* | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4* | 3 | 36 |
| Steno bredanensis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tursiops truncatus | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Ziphius cavirostris | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 49 | 70 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 224 |
PSLNS: pathology associated with significant loss of nutrional status; PGNS: pathology with good nutritional status; NPP: neonatal-perinatal pathology; IITI: intra-/interspecific traumatic interactions; FBAP: foreign body-associated pathology; VC: vessel collisions; IFA: interaction with fishing activities. ND: not determined.
*Species most affected in each category.