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Sealpox Virus in Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Facilities, North America, 2007–2009

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Sealpox, a zoonotic disease affecting pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), can occur among captive and convalescing animals. We surveyed 1 worker each from 11 marine mammal centers and interviewed 31 other marine mammal workers to ascertain their knowledge ...
Amira Roess   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report no. 7; January 1 - March 31, 1975 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1975
During the period January 1 - March 31, 1975 we relocated and remarked five permanent subtidal stations and surveyed 28 random and two permanent intertidal stations.
Gotshall, Daniel W.   +2 more
core  

Impact of oceanic floods on particulate metal inputs to coastal and deep-sea environments: A case study in the NW Mediterranean Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
An exceptional flood event, accompanying a marine storm, was investigated simultaneously at the entrance and the exit of the Gulf of Lion's hydrosystem (NW Mediterranean) in December 2003. Cs, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb signatures of both riverine and
Delsaut, Nicole   +8 more
core   +4 more sources

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient female philopatry, asymmetric male gene flow, and synchronous population expansion support the influence of climatic oscillations on the evolution of South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) is widely distributed along the southern Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America with a history of significant commercial exploitation.
Larissa Rosa de Oliveira   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Death seasonality determination from pinnipeds teeth: the Cueva del Negro site case (Argentine Patagonia)

open access: yesArqueologia, 2019
In this article, we present the first results of the determination of season at death performed over eighteen South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) teeth recovered at Cueva del Negro site (northern coast of the Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia ...
Pablo Ambrústolo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing of the use of proteins A, G, and chimeric protein AG to detect marine mammal immunoglobulins.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
In recent years, there has been an increase in infectious diseases in marine mammals, including brucellosis, infections of morbillivirus, herpesvirus, and poxvirus.
Michael Essien Sakyi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative assessment of masticatory muscles based on skull muscle attachment areas in Carnivora

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Masticatory muscles are composed of the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles in mammals. Each muscle has a different origin on the skull and insertion on the mandible; thus, all masticatory muscles contract in different directions. Collecting in vivo data and directly measuring the masticatory muscles anatomically in various Carnivora ...
Kai Ito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastics in the Mediterranean: Variability From Observations and Model Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
In this study, the abundance and properties (size, shape, and polymer type) of microplastics (MPs) in sea surface water samples, collected during two sampling campaigns over 2018–2019, in four coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea (Saronikos Gulf ...
Kostas Tsiaras   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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