Determinants of mortality of juvenile harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) infected with lungworm submitted to a Dutch seal rehabilitation centre [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Since the seal populations in the North Sea are again thriving, the rationale behind seal rehabilitation is currently under discussion. Seals frequently require rehabilitation as a result of a lungworm infection, with these infections most commonly seen ...
M.F.A. van Wijngaarden +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA reveals secondary contact in Japanese harbour seals, the southernmost population in the western Pacific. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 In this study, we used relatively large number of samples (n = 178) and control region of mtDNA (454bp) to clearify the divergence history of Japanese harbour seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) and phylogenetic relationship between the seals in Japan and ...
Mariko Mizuno +4 more
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Investigations on the Health Status and Infection Risk of Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) from Waters of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea, Germany [PDF]
AnimalsHarbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are the most common pinniped species in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony, Germany. Their numbers have recovered after significant depletion due to viral outbreaks and effects of anthropogenic ...
Ursula Siebert +7 more
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Haul‐Out Site Use and Connectivity of Harbour Seals Between Management Units in Southern Scandinavia [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionHarbour seals (Phoca vitulina) have a broad distribution in coastal ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. In southern Scandinavia, a lack of spatially‐resolved data on harbour seal populations poses a major challenge for developing ecologically ...
Javed Riaz +6 more
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The diet and feeding ecology of harbour seals around Britain [PDF]
, 2015 Since 2000, there has been a marked decline in the number of harbour seals in some regions around Britain; one possible contributing cause is competition for prey with sympatric grey seals.
Wilson, Lindsay J.
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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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In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals [PDF]
, 2008 European harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations decreased substantially during the phocine distemper virus (PDV) outbreaks of 1988 and 2002. Different hypotheses have stated that various seals and terrestrial carnivore species might be the source of ...
Sonne, C. +10 more
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Evaluating the influence of epidemiological parameters and host ecology on the spread of phocine distemper virus through populations of harbour seals [PDF]
, 2008 Catriona Harris was supported by a grant from the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The funders had no role in study design, data collections and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Background: Outbreaks of phocine ...
Catriona M Harris +9 more
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Spatial orientation in harbour seals [PDF]
, 2023 Harbour seals often commute between haul-out places and feeding grounds. With submission of this dissertation, two direct mechanisms were examined, with which harbour seals could achieve these performances.
Maaß, Eric (gnd: 1315132494)
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Are toxins from harmful algae a factor involved in the decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland? [PDF]
, 2015 Firstly this study builds on the investigation initiated by Hall and Frame (2010), which found that Scottish harbour seals were exposed to domoic acid (DA), a potent natural neurotoxin produced by phytoplankton.
Jensen, Silje-Kristin
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