Harbour seal
Hydrodynamic determination of the moving direction of an artificial fin by a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
... of harbour seals respond to vibrations mediated by a rod directly contacting the hair (Dykes, 1975; Mills and Renouf, 1986; Renouf, 1979), Dehnhardt et ...the harbour seal ...a harbour ...
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Are toxins from harmful algae a factor involved in the decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland?
... The most harmful toxins arise from the PSP toxin group and ever since an outbreak in the North east of England in 1968 where 78 people were admitted to the hospital displaying PSP symptoms, toxins from this group have ...
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Hydrodynamic discrimination of wakes caused by objects of different size or shape in a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
... a harbour seal to discriminate objects of different size or shape by their hydrodynamic signature and used particle image velocimetry to identify the hydrodynamic parameters that a seal may be using ...
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Saccadic movement strategy in a semiaquatic species – the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
... whether harbour seals use a saccadic movement strategy comparable to that of terrestrial species that either walk (Blaj and van Hateren, 2004; Geurten et ...fast-moving harbour seal that needs to ...
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What a jerk: prey engulfment revealed by high rate, super cranial accelerometry on a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
... male harbour seal ...The seal was trained to wear the datalogger (dimensions ...the seal swam towards and acquired individual prey items released from a custom-made fish dispenser, and then ...
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Diving development in nursing harbour seal pups
... Harbour seal pups are extremely precocial at birth and are already equipped in many ways for an aquatic lifestyle (Bigg, 1981). They are born with a subcutaneous blubber layer that is a good insulator, the ...
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Developmental changes in cardiorespiratory patterns associated with terrestrial apnoeas in harbour seal pups
... Unfortunately, harbour seal pups could not be studied while resting in their natural ...1999), harbour seals haul-out on coastal reefs or isolated rocks that flood with the rising tides (Lesage et ...
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Multifocal lenses in a monochromat: the harbour seal
... Harbour seal lenses were studied at the Research and Technology Centre West Coast, Büsum, ...four harbour seal pups aged from newborn to approximately two weeks (Table ...Germany, ...
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Population scaling in 5 km x 5 km grey and harbour seal usage maps Note to Scottish Government MMSS/002/15
... Aerial surveys count grey and harbour seals along a coastline on an annual basis during the harbour seal moult in August. Animals are counted and their locations are recorded to an accuracy of 50m. ...
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Modelling harbour seal movements
... a harbour seal travelling from one haulout site to ...season harbour seal population be considered as closed? It can also assist in predicting the consequence of infectious ...
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Seasonal variation in harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) blubber cortisol A novel indicator of physiological state?
... at harbour seal haul outs that involve the retention of multiple individuals caught in a net at once, thus prolonging individual capture times, measuring baseline stress hormone levels in the plasma that ...
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Pharmacological blockade of the dive response: effects on heart rate and diving behaviour in the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
... diving, harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) manage their oxygen stores through cardiovascular adjustments, including bradycardia, a concurrent reduction in cardiac output, and peripheral ...Although harbour ...
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Monitoring harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the Danish Wadden Sea
... The mass die-off in 1988 is discussed within the framework of the knowledge on the population, and it is recommended that more effort be put into monitoring and population studi[r] ...
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The intensity of horizontal and vertical search in a diving forager: the harbour seal
... 14 harbour seals (four females, 10 males, all juveniles one-two years of age) were captured during the fall (August-October) of the years 2009-2012 [see Additional file ...
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The diet and feeding ecology of harbour seals around Britain
... examine harbour seal diet diversity to determine if food could be considered limiting for harbour seals in any regions around ...of harbour seals across seasons and regions expecting to find ...
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Tracking of biogenic hydrodynamic trails in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)
... the seal close to its prey where it can be hunted down ...Our seal employed at least two different search patterns, probably depending on the way it encountered the hydrodynamic ...the seal ...
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Seals and Wild Salmon Fisheries: Interim Report
... three seal sighting reports were received from above the ...of seal reports to the DSFB, as less effort was dedicated to observations of the river throughout 2016 (Table ...reported seal sightings to ...
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A recombinant antigen based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for lungworm detection in seals
... the harbour seal immunoblot was stopped earlier due to an overall more intense stain- ing ...in harbour and grey ...the harbour and grey seal ELISA as a diagnostic tool in northern ...
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Aerial thermal imaging survey of seals in Ireland 2017 to 2018
... of Harbour Seals and Grey Seals in Ireland that are required for this reporting, complementing existing monitoring programs for Harbour Seal ...
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Outreach: Education, Publicity, and Exhibits Online Exhibits and Special Projects The Seals of the University of Michigan, 2013
... the seal Frank Robbins, assistant to the President from 1921 to 1953, and to whom we owe much of what we know of the mysteries of the university seals, made inquiries during the late thirties into the origins of ...
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