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Scholarpedia, 2015 Pinnipeds (Pinnipedia) are aquatic carnivores of the families Phocidae (true seals), Otariidae (eared seals), and Odobenidae (walruses). All pinnipeds possess prominent vibrissae (whiskers) in the facial region. Pinnipeds use their whiskers for orientation by directly touching objects and by perceiving and analyzing water movements.
Wolf Hanke, Guido Dehnhardt
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) play a pivotal role in the Southern Ocean as wide-ranging marine predators and major prey consumers within Southern Ocean marine ecosystems.
Joris Laborie +6 more
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Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammal Populations
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Motivated by the need to estimate the abundance of marine mammal populations to inform conservation assessments, especially relating to fishery bycatch, this paper provides background on abundance estimation and reviews the various methods available for ...
Philip S. Hammond +16 more
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Ciencias Marinas, 2021 Several sightings of different pinniped species have been recorded outside their typical areas of distribution. In May 2019, pinniped yearlings were sighted on 4 occasions on the central coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Carlos Javier Tamayo-Millán +5 more
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Loimologically significant pinniped helminths in Chukotka
Российский паразитологический журнал, 2021 The purpose of the research is study of pinniped helminth fauna in Chukotka, and the analysis of the fish of the main commercial families infected with pathogens of helminthozoonoses based on modern literature.Materials and methods.
O. E. Davydova +2 more
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Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mycoplasma spp. in Marine Mammals, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Mycoplasma spp. are wall-less bacteria able to infect mammals and are classified as hemotropic (hemoplasma) and nonhemotropic. In aquatic mammals, hemoplasma have been reported in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and river dolphins (Inia ...
Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto +23 more
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Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Streamlined flippers are often considered the defining feature of seals and sea lions, whose very name ‘pinniped’ comes from the Latin pinna and pedis, meaning ‘fin-footed’. Yet not all pinniped limbs are alike. Whereas otariids (fur seals and sea lions)
David P. Hocking +8 more
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Responses of a polar predator to a glacier calving event [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceExtreme episodic changes in Antarctic continental shelf regions, such as glacier calving or iceberg grounding, can fundamentally reshape regional sea-ice conditions.
Adélie Antoine +16 more
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Costs of Thermoregulation in Adult Pinnipeds [PDF]
Evolution, 1983 Lavigne (1982) has commented on our 1980 paper, "The effects of cold climate on the evolution of pinniped breeding systems." His comments are based on his assertions that a) we neglected a body of literature which might have been used to test our hypotheses, and b) that we do not correctly understand the structure of pinniped pelage.
Raymond, Pierotti, David, Pierotti
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Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat that involves complex, opaque transmission processes in the environment. In particular, wildlife appears to function as a reservoir and vector for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria as well as resistance ...
Stephanie Gross +7 more
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