Resource Center

PMMSN has produced a number of educational resource materials and protocols related to marine mammal strandings in the Philippines, as well as collaborated in a number of research studies related to this.

Protocols

• Marine Mammal Stranding Report Form
• Cetacean and Human Interaction (HI) Examination Form (2016)
• Cetacean and Human Interaction (HI) Guidelines for Examination (2016)
• Protocols for Tissue Sample Collections (2016)

Publications

• Aragones, L.V. and Morado, A.N.L. (2023). Marine mammal strandings in the Philippines from 2021 to 2022. Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Diliman publication
• Aragones, L.V., Morado, A.N.L., and Laggui, H.L. (2022). Marine mammal strandings in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020. Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Diliman publication
• Bondoc, J.L., Aragones, L.V. and Kwan, C.S. (2021). Development, validation and application of a three-way cleanup method for GC/MS measurement of PCBs in stranded cetaceans in Philippine waters. Philippine Journal of Science, 150(5): 1093-1108.
• Obusan, M.C.M. et al. (2021). Bacteriological and histopathological findings in cetaceans that stranded in the Philippines from 2017 to 2018. PLoS ONE 16(11), e0243691.
• De Guzman, R.J. Aragones, L.V., and Obusan, M.C.M. (2020). Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in select cetaceans stranded in the Philippines in 2019. Philippine Science Letters, 13(2): 206-213.
• Aragones, L. V., and Laggui, H. L. (2019). Marine mammal strandings in the Philippines from 2017 to 2018: Initial Biennial Analysis. Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Diliman publication
• Obusan, M.C.M. et al. (2019). Leptospira spp. and Taxoplasma gondii in stranded representatives of wild cetaceans of the Philippines. BMC Veterinary Research.
• Suarez, L.J. et al. (2019). Haematological and serum biochemical reference values extrapolated from rehabilitated stranded spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris). Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine 56(2):114-121.
• Obusan, M.C.M., Aragones, L.V., Rivera, W. L., and Auxilia, M.A. (2018). Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Cetaceans Stranded in the Philippines. Aquatic Mammals 43(5):568-579
• Bondoc, J. L., Masangkay, J. S., & Aragones, L. V. (2017). Hematological, macroscopic and microscopic findings in two stranded whales (Mesoplodon densirostris and Kogia sima) and possible causes of deaths. Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 54(1).
• Aragones, L.V. et al (2017). The Philippine Marine Mammal Strandings from 2005 to 2016. Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Diliman publication
• Obusan, M.C.M. et al (2016). Stranding Events in the Philippines provide evidence for impacts of human interactions on cetaceans. Ocean and Coastal Management 134 (2016) 41-51.
• Obusan, M.C.M. et al (2015). Occurrence Of Human Pathogenic Bacteria and Toxoplasma gondii in Cetaceans Stranded in the Philippines: Providing Clues on Ocean and Human Health. Aquatic Mammals, 41(2), 149-166.
• Aragones, L.V., Laule, G.E. & Espinos, B.G. (2013). Marine Mammal Stranding Response Manual: A Guide for the rescue, rehabilitation and release of stranded cetaceans and dugong in the Philippines (2nd). Wildlife In Need Foundation Inc. publication
• Aragones, L.V. et al. (2010). The Philippine Marine Mammal Strandings from 1998 to 2009: Animals in the Philippines in Peril? Aquatic Mammals, 36(3), 219-233.
• Aragones, L.V. & Laule, G.E. (2008). Marine Mammal Stranding Response Manual: A Guide for the rescue, rehabilitation and release of stranded cetaceans and dugong in the Philippines (1st). Wildlife In Need Foundation Inc. Publication

Research

• Bacterial Pathogens from Stranded Cetaceans: Phenotypic Traits and Antibiotic Resistance Profile. Marie Christine M. Obusan, Lemnuel V. Aragones, Windell L. Rivera and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Characterization of Open Water Explosions from Confiscated Explosives in the Philippines-Possible Implications to Local Marine Mammals. Archie Veloria, Danielle T. Hernandez, Giovanni Tapang and Lemnuel Aragones. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Tissue Sampling Strategies and Biobanking: A Spearheading Effort for the Marine Mammal Research and Stranding Laboratory. Jonah L. Bondoc, Faith Jessica M. Paran, Lemnuel V. Aragones and Rachel R. Gotanco. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Transmission beam pattern and dynamics of a spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Adam B. Smith, Aude Pacini, Paul E Nachtigall, Gail E. Laule, Lemnuel Aragones, Carlo Magno and Leo Jonathan Suarez. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Population Genetic Structure of Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostis) Populations in Philippine Waters: Implications for Conservation. Faith Jessica M. Paran, Lemnuel V. Aragones and Rachel June R. Gotanco. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)- and Their Hydroxylated Metabolites-induced Changes in Cetaceans Found Stranded in Philippine Waters –Linking Ecotoxicological, Biomarker and Histopathological Approaches. Jonah L. Bondoc, Evangeline C. Santiago, Joseph S. Masangkay and Lemnuel V. Aragones. University of the Philippines, Diliman and Los Baños.

IEC Materials

• Marine Mammal Stranding Response Manual, 2nd ed. (printable)
• POSTER of Marine Mammals of the Philippines (printable)
• BROCHURE about Marine Mammal Strandings (2015 ed, printable)
  ∘ Front Page
  ∘ Back Page
• Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins of the Philippines (ebook version)
• Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins of the Philippines (printable version)

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