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Maria Jose Robles

Maria Jose Robles
City University of Hong Kong | CityU · School of Veterinary Medicine

Master of Science

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Publications

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Skills and Expertise

Marine Mammals

Virtopsy

Marine Mammal Research

Cetaceans

marine mammal necropsy

Postmortem CT

Postmortem Changes

mammary gland ultrasound

Publications

Enhanced U-Net for Computer-aided Diagnosis with Cetacean Postmortem CT Scan

Conference Paper

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Nov 2022

Bycaught or Not: Postmortem Computed Tomography as a Tool to Assess Peracute Underwater Entrapment in Stranded Cetaceans

Conference Paper

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May 2022

Fishery bycatch is one of the leading anthropogenic causes of mortality affecting cetaceans around the world. Proper documentation of bycatch incidents is essential, yet often challenging due to the difficulties in differentiating bycatch-related mortality during the postmortem investigation of stranded cetaceans. Peracute underwater entrapment (PU...

Characterization of the bacterial microbiome among free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Article

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Jul 2021

Virtopsy Investigations of Stranded Cetaceans in Hong Kong Waters (2017-2020) [SC/68C/SM/09 Rev1]

Technical Report

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Apr 2021

The results of the present study serve as a preliminary update and summary of the causes of mortality of stranded cetaceans in HK, especially with a focus on the major anthropogenic threats (vessel and fishery interactions), based on the findings from virtopsy investigations from July 2017 to November 2020. Up-to-date and reliable PM data are essen...