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Increasing numbers of harbour seals and grey seals in the Solent
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) both occur within the UK, but display regional contrasting population trends. While grey seals are typically increasing in number, harbour seals have shown varying trends in recent ...
Sarah A. Marley
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After the bite: bacterial transmission from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) to harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Recent population growth of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and common seal (Phoca vitulina) in the North Sea has increased potential interaction between these species.
Maarten J. Gilbert +7 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Many species aggregate in dense colonies. Species-specific spatial patterns provide clues about how colonies are shaped by various (a)biotic factors, including predation, temperature regulation or disease transmission.
J. P. A. Hoekendijk +5 more
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Screening for Influenza and Morbillivirus in Seals and Porpoises in the Baltic and North Sea
Pathogens, 2023 Historically, the seals and harbour porpoises of the Baltic Sea and North Sea have been subjected to hunting, chemical pollutants and repeated mass mortalities, leading to significant population fluctuations. Despite the conservation implications and the
Iben Stokholm +10 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Sympatric harbour (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) are increasingly considered potential competitors, especially since recent local declines in harbour seal numbers while grey seal numbers remained stable or increased at their ...
Yann Planque +5 more
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Movements and spatial usage of harbour seals in the Elbe estuary in Germany
Scientific Reports, 2023 Harbour seals are top predators in the North Sea and regarded as sentinels for ecosystem health. A few hundred also occur in adjacent estuaries, such as the Elbe estuary, Germany.
Abbo van Neer +3 more
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Catch history and status of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in Greenland
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2010 The number of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in West Greenland declined rapidly after the 1950s and the seals have now abandoned their traditional haulout locations along the Greenland west coast.
Aqqalu Rosving-Asvid
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2010 The conflicts between seals and fisheries along the Swedish west coast have intensified during the last decades, concurrently with the increase in the harbour seal population size.
Karl Lundström +3 more
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Animals, 2022 The level of knowledge on microplastic exposure in marine mammals is limited by the access to dead and alive individuals. Focusing on the Northeast Atlantic area, some studies already confirmed the microplastic presence in free-ranging marine mammals ...
Carolin Philipp +2 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016 Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are frequently infected with the lungworms Otostrongylus circumlitus and Parafilaroides gymnurus. The infection is often accompanied by secondary bacterial infections and can cause severe bronchopneumonia and even death in ...
Sophia Arlena Ulrich +5 more
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