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Characterization of a Novel, Highly Divergent Paramyxovirus Discovered in a Bearded Seal of Subarctic Canada [PDF]
VirusesSeals are keystone animals in the Arctic and a valuable resource for Indigenous communities, but their virome is poorly understood. Through a preliminary investigation of the virome of seven North Atlantic bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from ...
Vadym Zaluzhnyi +5 more
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A synthesized dataset of Pacific Arctic marine mammal occurrences (1860-2024)NSF Arctic Data Center [PDF]
Data in BriefData on marine mammals in the Pacific Arctic region are limited, variably collected over time and by multiple sources. Therefore, collation and synthesis of previously collected data, such as the dataset presented here, make these data more useful to ...
Sydney Waloven +3 more
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Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation [PDF]
PeerJIce-associated seals rely on sea ice for a variety of activities, including pupping, breeding, molting, and resting. In the Arctic, many of these activities occur in spring (April through June) as sea ice begins to melt and retreat northward.
Josh M. London +9 more
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Hiding in plain sight: the biomolecular identification of pinniped use in medieval manuscripts [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe survival of medieval manuscripts in their original bindings remains a rare occurrence. Taking advantage of the diversity of bindings in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbeys during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, this ...
Élodie Lévêque +8 more
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Frontiers in Conservation ScienceArctic ecosystems are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because of the limit to possible northward shifts for species dependent on land or continental shelf and because the rate of warming of the region has been 2-4 x the global ...
Jon Aars, Kit Kovacs, Robert C Lacy
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Estimating Demographic Parameters for Bearded Seals, Erignathus barbatus, in Alaska Using Close‐Kin Mark‐Recapture Methods [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsReliable estimates of population abundance and demographics are essential for managing harvested species. Ice‐associated phocids, “ice seals,” are a vital resource for subsistence‐dependent coastal Native communities in western and northern Alaska, USA ...
Brian D. Taras +7 more
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A new seal from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys highlights the past regional diversity of true seals (Phocidae) [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyTrue seals rapidly evolved in many forms in the epicontinental basin of Paratethys during the Miocene. However, most of their nominal taxa so far were proposed based on isolated limb bones, and their taxonomy has long been under discussion.
Pavlo Otriazhyi +4 more
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2022 The last extensive (pan-Arctic) review on knowledge available on the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) was conducted by Cameron et al. in 2010. As bearded seals are hunted off Svalbard and Greenland but no stock assessments are available, NAMMCO ...
Nicolai Scherdin +2 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Climate warming and associated physical and biological changes will likely force widespread species redistribution, particularly in polar environments. However, tracking such distributional shifts is difficult.
Melissa P. Galicia +3 more
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Polar Research, 2021 This study presents comprehensive mapping of the current distribution of pinnipeds and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) around Svalbard based on a regional marine mammal sightings programme and explores time-trends (2005–2018).
Olof Bengtsson +4 more
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