Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network€¦ · The preseapular, mediastinal and...
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Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Interpretive signs at parks & marinas in Island County
• Volunteer training & support• Respond to dead & live strandings• Conduct necropsies• Test & archive samples for research• Provide public education
The CPSMMSN Team
Susan Berta, Sandy Dubpernell, Stephanie Norman, Barry Rickman, Jill Hein, Howard Garrett
Specimens collected
and prepared
by CPSMMSN
Some of the activities we participate in
Sandy StephanieJill
Cryptococcus gattii
Coverage map – Puget Sound
Photo by Sandra Dubpernell, CPSMMSN
Geographic Area (Black box – left):Island, Skagit, and N. Snohomish counties
(Port Susan/to Kayak Pt)
Active Volunteers: 125 currently active volunteers
Prescott funding: 2006, 2008 & 2010 - currently funded by donations
Interesting cases
Species most
reported
B-cell lymphoma in a harbor porpoiseVaginal calculi in a
harbor porpoise
BarryHoward
Susan
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See poster and handouts