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The Kuril Seal Phoca vitulina ssp. stejnegeri is a permanent inhabitant of the coast of the Commander Islands. The ecology of the Kuril Seal, and in particular, the features of its life cycle, the population structure and the level of fertility are ...
Evgeny G. Mamaev
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Ultrastructure of the organ of Corti in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
Ultrastructural descriptions of the inner ear of highly sound-dependent mammalian species are lacking and needed to gain a better understanding of the hearing sense.
Laura Rojas +8 more
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Investigating monitoring options for harbour seals in Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland [PDF]
Managing a wild population effectively requires knowledge of the abundance and behaviour of the species. Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are usually counted when they come ashore at haul-out sites, and so it is important to understand how the number of ...
Cunningham, Louise
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 (Fig. 179) Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758: 38. COMMON NAME. — Harbour Seal. CURRENT NAME. — Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. See Wozencraft (2005: 599) and Stewart (2014: 180). COLLECTOR/S.
Jackson, Stephen M. +3 more
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The determination of changes in gene expression profiles with xenobiotic dose will allow identifying biomarkers and modes of toxicant action. The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 11B7501 B lymphoma cell line was exposed to 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, or 25,000
Christine Kleinert +3 more
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Nacimiento en Cuba de Phoca vitulina vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora: Phocidae).
Se reporta el nacimiento de la primera foca común en Cuba. Se describe la metodología de manejo de la gestante, así como las características del parto y de la cría.
C. Guevara +5 more
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Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and rehabilitation
Throughout the past few decades, rehabilitation of seals has become an activity that is anchored in the present day society of many countries. Seals are primarily rehabilitated to help individual animals in distress.
Nynke Osinga, Pieter ‘t Hart
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Evolutionary history of a Scottish harbour seal population [PDF]
Efforts to conserve marine mammals are often constrained by uncertainty over their population history. Here, we examine the evolutionary history of a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population in the Moray Firth, northeast Scotland using genetic tools and ...
Natacha Nikolic +4 more
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Anecdotal Observations of Socially Learned Vocalizations in Harbor Seals [PDF]
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are more solitary than many other pinnipeds. Yet, they are capable of vocal learning, a form of social learning. Most extant literature examines social animals when investigating social learning, despite sociality not being ...
Diandra Duengen +3 more
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Feeding kinematics, suction, and hydraulic jetting performance of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). [PDF]
The feeding kinematics, suction and hydraulic jetting capabilities of captive harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) were characterized during controlled feeding trials.
Christopher D Marshall +6 more
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