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Can a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) generalize call classes? [PDF]

, 2015
Past researchers have found that gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) are capable of classifying vocal signals by call type using a trained set, but were unable to generalize to novel exemplars (Shapiro, Slater, & Janik, 2004).
de Freitas, Mafalda, Wu, Gi-Mick, Stansbury, Amanda, Janik, Vincent M.   +3 more
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What bycatch tells us about the diet of harbor and gray seals and overlap with commercial fishermen

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Northwest Atlantic harbor (Phoca vitulina vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus atlantica) seal populations are recovering from early to mid-20th century exploitation, increasing their biological interactions and bycatch in Northeastern US commercial ...
Marjorie C. Lyssikatos, Frederick W. Wenzel   +1 more
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Fine‐scale foraging habitat selection by two diving central place foragers in the Northeast Atlantic

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Habitat selection and spatial usage are important components of animal behavior influencing fitness and population dynamic. Understanding the animal–habitat relationship is crucial in ecology, particularly in developing strategies for wildlife management
Mathilde Huon, Yann Planque, Mark John Jessopp, Michelle Cronin, Florence Caurant, Cécile Vincent   +5 more
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Short Note: Report of mummified leopard seal carcass in the southern Dry Valleys, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. [PDF]

, 2010
The wide spread occurrence of mummified seal and penguin carcasses tens of kilometres from the open ocean is an interesting phenomenon occurring in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.
Ross, Philip M., Smith, Tracy E., Banks, Jonathan C.   +2 more
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Modeling Recruitment of Birth Cohorts to the Breeding Population: A Hidden Markov Model Approach

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Long-term capture-recapture studies provide an opportunity to investigate the population dynamics of long-lived species through individual maturation and adulthood and/or time. We consider capture-recapture data collected on cohorts of female gray seals (
Hannah Worthington, Hannah Worthington, Ruth King, Rachel McCrea, Sophie Smout, Sophie Smout, Sophie Smout, Patrick Pomeroy, Patrick Pomeroy   +8 more
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Experience of the forced fattening of Halichoerus grypus (Phocidae) pups in the biotechnical aqua complex of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
The most important stage of keeping seals in captivity conditions is training of pups which have finished breastfeeding to feed on solid food (fattening).
Alexander A. Zaytsev, Sergey Yu. Stepanov, Pavel R. Makarevich, Dmitriy G. Ishkulov, Alexander R. Troshichev, Yuri V. Litvinov, Vladimir A. Mosalov, Sergey Yu. Skarednov, Victor A. Galchansky   +8 more
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Factors affecting the survival of harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) juveniles admitted for rehabilitation in the UK and Ireland [PDF]

, 2022
The UK shores are home to approximately 40% of the world's population of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) and 40% of Europe's harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).
Kirsty J. Shaw, Michal Zatrak, Susie Lovick‐Earle, Sam Brittain, Shaw, Kirsty J, Romain Pizzi, Lovick-Earle, Susie, Grant, Robyn A, Matthew Geary, Pizzi, Romain, Geary, Matthew, Grant, Robyn A., Brittain, Sam, Zatrak, Michal, Lauren Himmelreich, Shaw, Kirsty J., Himmelreich, Lauren, Robyn A. Grant   +17 more
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How many seals were there? The global shelf loss during the Last Glacial Maximum and its effect on the size and distribution of grey seal populations [PDF]

, 2012
The tagging studies were funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, UK; the Atlantic seal research program, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada and NSERCD Discovery grants, Canada.
Boehme Lars, Hammill Mike O., Thompson Dave, Fedak Mike, Mike Fedak, Hammill, Mike, Garry B Stenson, Stenson Garry B., Mike O Hammill, Dave Thompson, Bowen, Don, Thompson, David, Bowen Don, Stenson, Gary, Don Bowen, Boehme, Lars, Fedak, Mike, Lars Boehme   +17 more
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OntOMat: Toward Ontology‐Based Product and Process Design Engineering and Optimization Solutions Fueling Circular Value Chains

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The OntOMat ontology establishes a structured framework for polymer matrix fiber reinforced composite materials, integrating manufacturing processes, characterization methods, and multiscale design through the VDI/VDE 3682 formalized process description standard.
Nicolas Christ, Jörg Hohe, Martin Kördel, Michael Giese, Niklas Toffert, Christian Seidel, Olaf Rehme, Patrik Schneider, Oliver Focke, Elie Abi Aoun, Claas Falldorf, Beñat Gutierrez, Alexandra Kühn, Sven Torstrick-von der Lieth, Christoph Herden, Erik Johannsen, Jan‐Uwe R. Schmidt, Felix Winkelmann, Andreas Schott, Daniel Schott   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nasopulmonary mites (Halarachnidae) of coastal Californian pinnipeds: Identity, prevalence, and molecular characterization

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
Mites from the family Halarachnidae Oudemans 1906 are obligate endoparasites that colonize the respiratory tracts of free-living and captive marine mammals.
Risa Pesapane, Wiley Archibald, Tenaya Norris, Christine Fontaine, Barbie Halaska, Pádraig Duignan, Nadia Javeed, Melissa Miller, Janet Foley   +8 more
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