Phocine Distemper Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions [PDF]
Viruses, 2014 Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in North Atlantic and Arctic pinnipeds has been investigated.
Pádraig J. Duignan +29 more
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Drivers of population dynamics and juvenile mortality in Northwest Atlantic harp seals. [PDF]
Ecol ApplAbstract Human‐induced threats to terrestrial and marine wildlife are on the rise, and while some species face a single major threat, others face multiple concurrent threats. Harp seals, an abundant pinniped in the North Atlantic that was historically depleted by human harvest, are one such species. Although commercial and subsistence harvests remain a
Tinker MT +5 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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The influence of the optical characteristics of the environment on colour vision of earless seals [PDF]
Vestnik MGTU, 2017 The results of studying the influence of optical characteristics of sea water on the ability of earless seals to differentiate tablets of blue and red colours have been presented.
Pakhomov M. V. +2 more
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Pup production of Harp Seals in the Northwest Atlantic in 2017 during a time of ecosystem change
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2022 Photographic and visual aerial surveys were conducted off Newfoundland and Labrador (”the Front”), and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (“Gulf”) in March 2017 to estimate pup production of Northwest Atlantic harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus ...
Garry Stenson +7 more
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In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals [PDF]
, 1995 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 ...
Baumgartner, W. +10 more
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Pseudopregnancy in harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) [PDF]
Reproduction, 1994 Concentrations of circulating progesterone were monitored in a captive breeding group of harp seals. Five females were monitored for 2 years, over which time they either became pregnant (four instances) or displayed an overt pseudopregnancy (five instances). Only one female exhibited consecutive pseudopregnancies.
D, Renouf, R, Taylor, R, Gales
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2022 Pup production of the Greenland Sea populations of harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals were estimated based upon aerial surveys in March 2018.
Martin Biuw +7 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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Feeding habits of harp and hooded seals in Greenland waters
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2000 Results of stomach contents analyses of harp and hooded seals collected in West Greenland waters in the period 1986-1993 are reviewed, and compared with published data and circumstantial information from local hunters.
Finn O Kapel
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