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Chasse aux otariidés et aux mustélidés
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 This study seeks to determine the role and cultural significance of otariids and mustelids in the historical and cultural evolution of the Strait of Magellan, at the southern tip of South America.
Jimena Torres +3 more
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Evolutionary Mechanisms of Coagulation Factors in Cetaceans During Aquatic Adaptation
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Compared with Bos taurus, T. truncatus showed shorter prothrombin time and thrombin time but prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, indicating pathway‐specific remodeling of coagulation. Evolutionary analyses identified 18 positively selected genes and accelerated F11 evolution, while functional assays revealed increased coagulation factor ...
Wenjun Lv +4 more
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NAMMCO Scientific PublicationsEvery year pinnipeds from five different species—gray (Halichoerus grypus), harbour (Phoca vitulina), harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus), hooded (Cystophora cristata), and ringed (Pusa hispida) seals—haul out on New York’s beaches.
Maxine Montello +3 more
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Movement Responses of Seals During Pile Driving for Offshore Wind Farm Construction
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Despite rapid growth of the renewable energy industry to meet climate change targets, predictions of population‐level impacts on wildlife are currently hindered by a limited understanding of individual behavioural responses to these developments.
Katherine F. Whyte +4 more
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Bonneville pinniped update, May 2019
, 2023 USACE PMP Update – 19 June 2019 ____________________________________________________ 1 MAY UPDATE: PINNIPED ABUNDANCE AND SALMON PREDATION AT BONNEVILLE LOCK AND DAM Fisheries Field Unit U.S.
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Ethology, EarlyView.Corpses are repositories of information about the cause of death. The distress of the bereaved acts as an honest signal drawing conspecifics to the body, enabling them to learn quickly about the death, adapt their behaviour, and spread knowledge of threats across multiple social levels.
Jacob Dembitzer, Dror Ben‐Ami
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, 1992 Splenic volume was measured by computerized axial tomography in three harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and two California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).
P. J. Ponganis +3 more
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Variation in Pinniped Dentition [PDF]
, 2018 50 pages. Presented to the Department of Biology and the Robert D. Clark Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science September 2018I studied variation in the teeth of 5 different species of pinniped: E.
Boatman, Caitlyn J.
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Factors affecting pinniped skull morphology [PDF]
, 2023 Morphologies have evolved due to trade-offs between competing selective pressures. This is especially true for the skull. Not only does it contain the brain and the organs that are responsible for sensory function, but it is also contains components that
Penaluna, Julia Elizabeth
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Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In February 2025, a mortality event of unknown aetiology occurred at a hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × Epinephelus lanceolatus) aquaculture farm in southern Taiwan, with sporadic daily deaths persisting for a month. Four moribund groupers were collected over three sampling intervals for diagnostic investigation.
Shang‐Ting Wu +2 more
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