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Polar Research, 2018 The aims of this study were to (1) provide a general description of the hooded seal’s integument; (2) diagnose hair follicle activity stages and develop a chronology for the annual moult within the different sex and age classes; (3) examine the ...
John K. Ling
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Catch history of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Canada
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998 The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) has always been a staple in the diet and household economy of Inuit in Canada. The present paper was prepared at the request of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee to support their assessment of ringed seal stocks in the North
Randall R Reeves +2 more
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Veterinary Research, 2011 Brucella spp. were isolated from marine mammals for the first time in 1994. Two novel species were later included in the genus; Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis, with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts, respectively. Brucella spp.
Nymo Ingebjørg H +2 more
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2013 Despite a long history of phocid studies, no fossil members of the Subfamily Cystophorinae have ever been described. New fossil material from the Middle Sarmatian (11.2-12.3 Ma) in the Paratethyan Basin of Ukraine allows emended diagnoses and ...
IRINA A. KORETSKY, SULMAN J. RAHMAT
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How many seals were there? The global shelf loss during the last glacial maximum and its effect on the size and distribution of grey seal populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Predicting how marine mammal populations respond to habitat changes will be essential for developing conservation management strategies in the 21st century.
Lars Boehme +5 more
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NAMMCO Scientific PublicationsAccurate data on population abundance is needed to monitor trends through time, especially for species that are commercially harvested or vulnerable to climate change related impacts. Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic whelp on
Charmain Hamilton +4 more
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Antioxidant capacity develops with maturation in the deep-diving hooded seal [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2011 SUMMARY Maturation in hooded seals is characterized by the rapid development of their physiological diving capacity and is accompanied by increases in oxidant production but not oxidative damage. To test the hypothesis that the antioxidant system of hooded seals develops as they transition from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment, we
José Pablo, Vázquez-Medina +4 more
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2000 Data were collected from harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) and hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) pups belonging to the Greenland Sea (or "West Ice") stocks in 1995-1997.
Tore Haug +2 more
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International Trade in Harp and Hooded Seals [PDF]
Oryx, 1980 Every year the killing of harp and hooded seals off Newfoundland and in the St Lawrence Gulf raises a public outcry, especially over the clubbing of the whitecoat pups. In 1979 IUCN scientists suggested to the Canadian Government that the quotas were too high and could be imperilling the stocks.
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