title: Response to: Letter to the Editor: "Cetacean mass stranding and multidisciplinary work".
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy. Electronic address: stefania.squadrone@izsto.it.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Squadrone
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiaravalle
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Abete
keywords: Adriatic Sea; Mass stranding; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Selenium; Sperm whales