Feeding kinematics, suction, and hydraulic jetting performance of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The feeding kinematics, suction and hydraulic jetting capabilities of captive harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) were characterized during controlled feeding trials.
Christopher D Marshall +6 more
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Post-breeding season migrations of a top predator, the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), from a marine protected area in Alaska. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being used as a conservation tool for highly mobile marine vertebrates and the focus is typically on protecting breeding areas where individuals are aggregated seasonally.
Jamie N Womble, Scott M Gende
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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 +8 more
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Variation of blubber thickness for three marine mammal species in the southern Baltic Sea
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Evaluating populational trends of health condition has become an important topic for marine mammal populations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). In the Baltic Sea, under the recommendation of Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), efforts have
Ursula Siebert +9 more
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Long distance movements and disjunct spatial use of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Worldwide, adult harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) typically limit their movements and activity to
Sarah H Peterson +3 more
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Harbor Seals as Sentinels of Ice Dynamics in Tidewater Glacier Fjords
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Tidewater glaciers calve icebergs into the marine environment which serve as pupping, molting, and resting habitat for some of the largest seasonal aggregations of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in the world. Although they are naturally dynamic,
Jamie N. Womble +8 more
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Health, disease, mortality and survival in wild and rehabilitated harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in San Francisco Bay and along the central California coast [PDF]
, 2011 Conventional methods for health assessment of wild-caught and stranded seals were used to describe the disease status of harbor seals in California. Clinical chemistry, infectious disease prevalence, immune function, and contaminant data were collected ...
Greig, Denise J.
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Are Icelandic harbor seals acoustically cryptic to avoid predation? [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2021 Male harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) produce stereotypic underwater roars during the mating season. It remains unclear to what extent roar structures vary due to predation levels. Here, seal roars from waters with many (Iceland) and few (Denmark and Sweden)
Helen Rößler +5 more
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Fine-scale variability in harbor seal foraging behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Understanding the variability of foraging behavior within a population of predators is important for determining their role in the ecosystem and how they may respond to future ecosystem changes. However, such variability has seldom been studied in harbor
Kenady Wilson +3 more
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Investigating monitoring options for harbour seals in Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland [PDF]
, 2007 Managing a wild population effectively requires knowledge of the abundance and behaviour of the species. Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are usually counted when they come ashore at haul-out sites, and so it is important to understand how the number of ...
Cunningham, Louise
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