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The diet and feeding ecology of harbour seals around Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Since 2000, there has been a marked decline in the number of harbour seals in some regions around Britain; one possible contributing cause is competition for prey with sympatric grey seals.
Wilson, Lindsay J.
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Automatic image-based re-identification of ringed seals

open access: yes, 2022
Automated wildlife re-identification has attracted increasing attention in recent years as it provides a non-invasive tool to identify and track individual wild animals over time.
Nepovinnykh, Ekaterina
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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   +1 more source

Status and biology of Saimaa (Phoca hispida saimensis) and Ladoga (Phoca hispida ladogensis) ringed seals

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 1998
Saimaa (Phoca hispida saimensis) and Ladoga (P. h. ladogensis) seals are subspecies of ringed seals that live in freshwater lakes. The founding populations for these two subspecies became separated from Arctic ringed seals (P. h. hispida) during the last
Tero Sipilä, Heikki Hyvärinen
doaj   +1 more source

An Aerial Census of Ringed Seals, Northern Coast of Alaska

open access: yes, 1972
Aerial surveys of ringed seals, Phoca (Pusa) hispida Schreber, in areas of land-fast ice extending along the Alaskan coast from Point Lay to Barter Island were made between 8 and 15 June 1970 in order to establish a base line index of density and ...
Harbo, Jr., Samuel J., Burns, John J.
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Distribution and habitat characteristics of pinnipeds and polar bears in the Svalbard Archipelago, 2005–2018

open access: yesPolar Research, 2021
This study presents comprehensive mapping of the current distribution of pinnipeds and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) around Svalbard based on a regional marine mammal sightings programme and explores time-trends (2005–2018).
Olof Bengtsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-Amplification and Validation of SNPs Conserved over 44 Million Years between Seals and Dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Hoffman J, Thorne MAS, McEwing R, Forcada J, Ogden R. Cross-Amplification and Validation of SNPs Conserved over 44 Million Years between Seals and Dogs. PLoS ONE.
Rob Ogden (145264)   +22 more
core   +1 more source

A novel tool to mitigate by-catch mortality of baltic seals in coastal fyke net fishery.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Developing methods to reduce the incidental catch of non-target species is important, as by-catch mortality poses threats especially to large aquatic predators.
Sari M Oksanen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PHOCID SEALS ON ICE IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA IN SPRING, 2012–2013

open access: yesИзвестия ТИНРО, 2018
Abundance and density distribution of four seal species (ringed, ribbon, spotted, and bearded) on spring ice was estimated based on the data from two instrumental aerial surveys in the western Bering Sea in April-May 2012 and April 2013 and compared with
V. I. Chernook   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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   +1 more source

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