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First molecular detection and characterization of herpesvirus and poxvirus in a Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND Herpesvirus and poxvirus can infect a wide range of species: herpesvirus genetic material has been detected and amplified in five species of the superfamily Pinnipedia; poxvirus genetic material, in eight species of Pinnipedia.
Corpa, Juan Manuel +7 more
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Shining new light on mammalian diving physiology using wearable near-infrared spectroscopy [PDF]
, 2019 Investigation of marine mammal dive-by-dive blood distribution and oxygenation has been limited by a lack of non-invasive technology for use in freely diving animals.
Balfour, Steve +10 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of anthropogenic threats, yet a global systematic map of the literature for 19 species found both spatial and temporal disparity in research effort between threats and between species. There are knowledge gaps for species and threats, with effort unequal across many species' ranges.
Emily L. Hague +9 more
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Note on the occurrence of the crebeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) (Mammalia: Pinnipedia), in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2005 On May 12, 2003, a crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) was seen 3km upstream of the mouth of the Cação River (22º54’S; 43º50’W), southern Rio de Janeiro State. It was a female of 212cm in length, weighing approximately 180kg. A week prior (May 5), the
Samuel Gomes de Farias Júnior +3 more
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Archaeological bone lipids as palaeodietary markers [PDF]
, 2015 Rationale Stable isotope analysis of archaeological and fossil bone samples can provide important insights into past environments, ecologies and diets.
Alexander, Michelle Marie +7 more
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Paleoclimatic inference of the mid-Holocene record of monk seal (Monachus monachus) in the Cantabrian Coast [PDF]
, 2011 The mid-Holocene has been widely used to test the performance of the numerical models that are commonly employed to estimate the future evolution of world climate.
Estévez Escalera, Jordi +2 more
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Introducing FAMM: An Open‐Access Database of Fossil Arctic Marine Mammals
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 9, September 2025.ABSTRACT Motivation The Arctic is currently experiencing the strongest effects of climate change on Earth. These effects, including sea ice loss, are already modifying the ecologies of the 11 species of marine mammals found in the Arctic year‐round.
Nicholas A. Freymueller +5 more
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2025.Due to the massive hunting by humans, the number of spotted seals has decreased dramatically. This study used the ICPMS method to conduct experiments and analysed the correlation between heavy metal accumulations in the bodies of naturally grown spotted seals in the Bohai Sea and artificially raised spotted seals in aquariums and water samples.
Jun Luo, Weijun Guo, Zexin Liu, Dan Xu
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Foraging ecology of a generalist predator the female New Zealand fur seal [PDF]
, 2002 Copyright © 2002 Inter-Research.Abstract: This study examined how diet, foraging location and diving behaviour of female New Zealand fur seals Arctocephalus forsteri at Otago Peninsula, New Zealand (45°52¹S, 170°44¹E), varied in relation to prey ...
Bradshaw, C. +3 more
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