Time-calibrated phylogeny and full mitogenome sequence of the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) from scat DNA [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background The Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, is an endemic and endangered otariid, which is considered as a sentinel species of ecosystem dynamics in the Galapagos archipelago.
Pacarina Asadobay +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Galápagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki (Carnivora, Otariidae): paratype specimen confirms separate species status [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 The endangered Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) inhabits the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. We present a complete mitochondrial genome (16 465 bp) of a female paratype from the collections of the Natural History Museum Oslo, Norway ...
Rita M. Austin +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The systematic of several marine diphyllobothriid tapeworms of pinnipeds has been revised in recent years. However, 20 species of Diphyllobothrium from phocids and otariids are still recognized as incertae sedis.
Jesús S. Hernández-Orts +3 more
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Osteofluorosis in free ranging California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 We report the first case series of osteofluorosis in free ranging marine mammals and documentation of baseline bone fluoride concentrations in this population; however, the exact source is not known.
Margaret E. Martinez +6 more
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Oceans, 2022 Point of care (POC) hematology testing can be valuable in triage and field settings. We assessed the accuracy between the HemoCue® WBC system and two comparative analyzers, as well as the precision of the HemoCue® WBC system in five different pinniped ...
Abby M. McClain +5 more
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Helminthologia, 2023 We describe a population of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Polymorphidae) from a California sea lion Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828) in California using novel scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, Energy Dispersive x ...
Amin O. M. +3 more
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Improvement in survivorship: The key for population recovery? [PDF]
, 2016 In northern Patagonia, commercial harvesting of South American sea lions, Otaria flavescens, from 1920 to 1960, decimated its population abundance. Population recovery was not immediate after hunting ceased in 1962.
Crespo, Enrique Alberto +2 more
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Exceptional preservation of tracheal rings in a glyptodont mammal from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Exceptionally well-preserved material from a fossil mammal is presented. For the first time, several fragments of tracheal rings and cricoid cartilage assigned to Panochthus sp.
Martín Zamorano
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Comment on “Temporal and spatial variation in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina L.) roar calls from southern Scandinavia” [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 1824-1834 (2017)] [PDF]
, 2018 In their recent article, Sabinsky and colleagues investigated heterogeneity in harbor seals' vocalizations. The authors found seasonal and geographical variation in acoustic parameters, warning readers that recording conditions might account for some of ...
Ravignani, A.
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The curious case of the missing face: Death of California sea lion by Dungeness crab trap
International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 2018 Marine mammals frequently interact with human detritus due to their proximity to shores and shared target foods. Sea lions have been known to attempt to obtain bait inside crab traps.
Rif S. El-Mallakh, Michael Hartman
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