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Herpesviruses including novel gammaherpesviruses are widespread among phocid seal species in Canada [PDF]
, 2016 Little is known about herpesviruses in Canadian pinnipeds. We measured prevalence of antibodies to herpesviruses in the sera from Canadian phocid seals by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Bellehumeur, Christian +6 more
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Individual variation in pup vocalizations and absence of behavioral signs of maternal vocal recognition in Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) [PDF]
, 2012 Individually stereotyped vocalizations often play an important role in relocation of offspring in gregarious breeders. In phocids, mothers often alternate between foraging at sea and attending their pup.
Boebel, Olaf +4 more
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2001 The importance of a given host to a particular parasite can be determined according to three different criteria: host preference, host physiological suitability and host contribution to transmission. Most studies on the sealworm Pseudoterranova decipiens
F Javier Aznar +3 more
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First record of the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) extralimital presence in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
, 2009 The stranding of a harp seal on the beach in the municipality of Motril (southern Spain) represents the first record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost known report.
Bellido, Juan Jesús +8 more
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2000 Diet data were collected in the Greenland Sea pack ice (the West Ice) from March to June from harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) in 1987, 1990-1992 and 1997, and from hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in 1992 and 1994, during Soviet Russian commercial ...
Vladimir Potelev +3 more
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Transitions of social-ecological subsistence systems in the Arctic [PDF]
, 2017 Transitions of social-ecological systems (SES) expose governance systems to new challenges. This is particularly so in the Arctic where resource systems are increasingly subjected to global warming, industrial development and globalization which ...
Clark, Douglas A. +3 more
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Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2019 Zoonotic parasites of seals that are harvested for food may pose a health risk when seal meat or organ tissues of infected animals are eaten raw or undercooked. In this study, 124 tissue samples from 81 seals, comprising four species, were collected from
Sarah J. Reiling +5 more
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Breaking down “harassment” to characterize trends in human interaction cases in Maine's pinnipeds
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Recent marine mammal recovery and growth of human populations in coastal areas has led to increased human harassment of protected pinniped populations. Yet, current monitoring approaches lack the necessary resolution to describe this emerging issue.
Emma Newcomb +7 more
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Brucellosis in Ringed Seals and Harp Seals from Canada [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2000 A novel Brucella sp. was isolated from lymph nodes of four ringed seals (Phoca hispida) collected near Pangnirtung (Baffin Island, Canada) in January and February 1995 and in one harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) collected near the Magdalen Islands (Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada) in March 1996.
Lorry B. Forbes +3 more
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Investigation of olfaction of gray and harp seals by the operant training method
Vestnik MGTU, 2018 The results of studying the possibility of producing a motor conditioned reflex in the gray and harp seals on the smell of an object and the ability of experimental seals to differentiate certain odours have been presented.
Litvinov Yu. V. , Pakhomov M. V.
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