Genetic variation between populations of the harp seal,Phoca groenlandica [PDF]
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 1996 Liver and muscle tissue collected from harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) in the Newfoundland area were analysed by isoelectric focusing of five known variable enzyme systems. Allele frequencies were compared with corresponding frequencies previously recorded in north-east Atlantic samples. Muscle tissue collected from harp seals in the White Sea area and
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Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 1, January 2024.The Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, is the earliest branching species of extant lungfishes having changed little over the last 100 million years and is thought to be a key species for the fish–tetrapod transition. This ultrastructural study of the cornea reveals it is not split into dermal and scleral components and is similar to that of ...
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Angiotensin II and Aldosterone Increase with Fasting in Breeding Adult Male Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) [PDF]
, 2006 The renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS) appears to contribute significantly to osmoregulation of fasting northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups; however, RAAS has not been characterized in fasting adult seals. Therefore, this study
Crocker, Daniel E. E. +3 more
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Trace metal accumulation in hair and skin of the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina [PDF]
, 1993 Skin and hair samples of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) found dead along the west coast of northern Germany in 1988 were analysed for total mercury, cadmium and lead.
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Phoca groenlandica Erxleben 1777
, 1993 {"references": ["Pallas, P. S. 1811 [1831]. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium Animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicillia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. [ICZN Opinion 212 -- dates of volumes: 1 & 2: 1811; 3: 1814]. Petropoli, in officina Caes.
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Energy transfer and female condition in nursing harp seals Phoca groenlandica
Ecography, 1984 Lactating female harp seals, most with their pups, were collected on the “whelping” ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1976 and from 1978 to 1980. During lactation females lost weight at an average rate of 3.17±0.52 (SE b ) kg d −1 , for a total energy ...
R. E. A. Stewart, D. M. Lavigne
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Rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine mammals: An analysis of current views and practices. [PDF]
, 1996 Stranded marine mammals have long attracted public attention. Those that wash up dead are, for all their value to science, seldom seen by the public as more than curiosities.
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Analysis of blood gases, serum fat and serum protein: a new approach to estimate survival chances of stranded Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups from the German North Sea [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Facing numerous challenges, such as illness, storms or human disturbance, some harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups lose contact to their dams and are found abandoned along the North Sea coast.
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Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Franciscanas from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina [PDF]
, 2002 Marine mammals accumulate heavy metals in their tissues at different concentrations according to trophic levels and environmental conditions. The franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) is a small coastal species inhabiting the marine and estuarine areas of
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The use of DNA barcoding to monitor the marine mammal biodiversity along the French Atlantic coast [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceIn the last ten years, 14 species of cetaceans and five species of pinnipeds stranded along the Atlantic coast of Brittany in the North West of France.
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