Population development of harbour seals Phoca vitulina in the Wadden Sea after the 1988 virus epizootic

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Reijnders, Peter J H ^a   Ries, Edith H ^a   Tougaard, Svend ^b   Nørgaard, Niels ^b   Heidemann, Günter ^c   Schwarz, Jochen ^c   Vareschi, Ekkehard ^d   Traut, Ilona M ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Fishery and Maritime Museum   (Denmark)

^c Res and Technology Centre Westcoast   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harbour seals; Population development; Virus epizootic; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

EPIZOOTIC; HARBOUR SEAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION INCREASE; REPRODUCTIVE RATE;

WADDEN SEA;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0031414961     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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