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Status and trends of key prey species for the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is sporadically reappearing in the eastern Adriatic, but the capacity of this region to support transient individuals or future recolonisation remains poorly understood from a prey-resource perspective.
Mišo Pavičić +3 more
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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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Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 4, Page 759-768, October 2026.The development of the medial pterygoid plate (MPP) is followed in mouse embryos, highlighting its neural crest origin and complex development via both endochondral and membranous ossification. Using transgenic mice, the secondary cartilage of the MPP is shown to direct the path of the tensor veli palatini.
Luke A. Barlow +2 more
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Genome-Wide Loss of Diversity in the Critically Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal
Diversity, 2010 Threatened species often exhibit low genetic diversity as a result of selective sweeps, historical bottlenecks, or persistent small population size. Whereas selective sweeps create localized reduction of variation at a chromosome, population bottlenecks ...
Jennifer K. Schultz +2 more
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) breeds in dense colonies along the Peruvian coast, mostly within protected areas managed by the Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP). To support responsible wildlife tourism near breeding sites, we evaluated the behavioral responses to controlled ...
Maite Arangüena‐Proaño +2 more
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT The waters surrounding the southern Iberian Peninsula are a key conservation area for the long‐finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas melas), particularly in the pelagic regions of the Strait of Gibraltar, the Alboran Sea, and the Gulf of Vera, where upwelling, complex bathymetry and frontal dynamics enhance productivity and prey availability,
Jazel Ouled‐Cheikh +6 more
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Quantifying the Morphological Differences Between Fur Seals and Sea Lions
Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT The eared seals (family Otariidae) are divided into fur seals and sea lions, despite a lack of cladistic support for these groups. The division is primarily based on hair morphology, and it is unknown whether any other morphological signal differentiates these two groups.
Siobhan Pearson, James P. Rule
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Paleoindian pinniped exploitation in South America was driven by oceanic productivity [PDF]
, 2014 After centuries of pinniped exploitation, hunter-gatherers from the Atlantic coast of southern South America shifted in several occasions to other animal resources during the second half of the Holocene.
Bala, Luis Oscar +6 more
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, 2017 The life history of an individual is the pattern of allocation of resources to maintenance, growth, and reproduction throughout its lifetime. Life history analysis attempts to explain the scheduling of the allocation process throughout an organism’s life
McKnight, J. Chris +3 more
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Royal Society Open ScienceUnderstanding the ontogeny of diving behaviour in marine megafauna is crucial owing to its influence on foraging success, energy budgets, and mortality.
Joffrey Jouma'a +7 more
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