Figure 1


(a) The red and white rectangles show the location of the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria, Australia (upper maps). The lower map shows the stranding locations (yellow dots) on Lake King for the adult female Tursiops australis (Case 1) found dead 29th Oct. 2007, carcass code 2 (fresh). The adult male T. australis (Case 2) was found 1st Nov. 2007, carcass code 2. The arrow indicates Lakes Entrance where the lakes opens to the Tasman Sea. Maps were produced using QGIS v3.10.11 (with Bing aerial insert). QGIS Geographic Information System, Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.org. (b) The red and white rectangles show the location of the Swan-Canning river system in Western Australia. The lower map shows the stranding locations (yellow dots) for two Tursiops aduncus found dead with severe ulcerative dermatitis and the location of a third dolphin (green dot) not retrieved for necropsy. The white arrow indicates The Narrows Bridge. (3) Adult female found dead 17 Sept. 2009 (Case 3). Carcass code 2 (fresh). (4) Adult female observed agonal 25 Oct. 2009 (Case 4). Carcass code 2 (fresh). Maps were produced as for (a).