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Catch history of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Canada

open access: yesNAMMCO 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Status and biology of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Svalbard

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998
The ringed seal is the most abundant mammal in the Svalbard area. Annual pup production in this area is estimated to be 20,000. No systematic harvest records exist, but some few hundred seals are taken annually, mainly for dog food.
Christian Lydersen
doaj   +2 more sources

Abundance of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the Kong Oscars Fjord, Scoresby Sund and adjacent areas in eastern Greenland

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998
With the purpose of determining the distribution and abundance of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) hauling out on the ice, systematic strip census aerial surveys were flown in the Kong Oscars Fjord, Scoresby Sund and adjacent areas (between approximately 70 ...
E W Born, J Teilmann, F Riget
doaj   +2 more sources

Rabies and Pinnipeds Reviewed: Premonitions, Perturbations, and Projections? [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences
Rabies is an acute, progressive, viral encephalitis. Warm-blooded vertebrates are susceptible. Major reservoirs reside in the Chiroptera and Carnivora.
Charles E. Rupprecht   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The numbers of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Baffin Bay and associated waters

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998
The size of the population of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) inhabiting Baffin Bay and associated waters was estimated by two methods. An approximate model of the energetics of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) estimated an energetic need of about 16,000 MJ/
Michael C S Kingsley
doaj   +2 more sources

The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in the western Russian Arctic

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998
This paper presents a review of available published and unpublished material on the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in the western part of the Russian Arctic, including the White, Barents and Kara seas.
Stanislav E Belikov, Andrei N Boltunov
doaj   +2 more sources

Does salinity make a difference-Kidney anatomy of Saimaa (Pusa saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica). [PDF]

open access: yesAnat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract As habitat salinity markedly differs between the endangered, freshwater‐dwelling Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa saimensis Nordquist, 1899) and the brackish water‐inhabiting Baltic ringed seal (Pusa hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788), we investigated whether this difference has resulted in morphological changes to their kidneys.
Nihtilä H, Laakkonen J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Observations of Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) in the Nearshore Waters of the Chukotka Peninsula

open access: yesArctic, 2022
Despite the importance of ringed seals in the regional economy of the Chukotka Autonomous District, with the end of the commercial fishery, research on the ringed seal in Russia has almost completely ceased.
V. Melnikov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Underwater noise impact of a ferry route on dive patterns of transiting Baltic ringed seals [PDF]

open access: yesEstonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022
To understand the impact of underwater anthropogenic noise on marine life, it is crucial to collect more data about the onset of behavioural reactions of marine species. Three free-ranging ringed seals (Phoca hispida botnica) were marked with GPS tags to
Muhammad Saladin Prawirasasra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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