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The diet and feeding ecology of harbour seals around Britain [PDF]
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
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
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
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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
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An Aerial Census of Ringed Seals, Northern Coast of Alaska
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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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
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Cross-Amplification and Validation of SNPs Conserved over 44 Million Years between Seals and Dogs [PDF]
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
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A novel tool to mitigate by-catch mortality of baltic seals in coastal fyke net fishery.
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
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ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PHOCID SEALS ON ICE IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA IN SPRING, 2012–2013
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
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Status and biology of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Svalbard
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
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