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Obusan, Marie Christine M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-1881
Villanueva, Ren Mark D.
Siringan, Maria Auxilia T.
Rivera, Windell L.
Aragones, Lemnuel V.
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Received: 27 September 2018
Accepted: 24 September 2019
First Online: 26 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The collection of biological specimens and information during cetacean stranding events was done in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, the Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network (PMMSN), and a government agency, the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), which has the jurisdiction over cetacean species in the Philippines by virtue of Republic Act (RA) 8550 (amended as RA 10654). An active Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that exists between these two organizations covers the response and sample collection protocols during marine mammal stranding events nationwide. The proposal for study was evaluated by the Research Committee of the Institute of Biology prior to submission to funding agencies. The study is exempted for clearance from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of the Philippines Diliman since cetaceans were not handled or maintained inside the premises of the university.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
