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Nature 425, 575-576 (9 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/425575a;

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Gas-bubble lesions in stranded cetaceans

There are spatial and temporal links between some mass strandings of cetaceans — predominantly beaked whales — and the deployment of military sonar. Here we present evidence of acute and chronic tissue damage in stranded cetaceans that results from the formation in vivo of gas bubbles, challenging the view that these mammals do not suffer decompression sickness.

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