Pup production and breeding distribution of the Caspian seal (Phoca caspica) in relation to human impacts

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 356-361

  Harkonen, Tero ^a   Jüssi, Mart ^b   Baimukanov, Mirgaly ^c,d   Bignert, Anders ^a,e   Dmitrieva, Lilia ^f   Kasimbekov, Yesbol ^d,g   Verevkin, Mikhail ^h   Wilson, Susan ⁱ   Goodman, Simon J ^j  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Eestimaa Looduse Fond   (Estonia)

^c Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology   (Kazakhstan)

^d Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^e Swedish Museum of Natural History

^f St Petersburg Naturalist Society   (Russian Federation)

^g Fisheries Research Center

^h ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ Tara Seal Research   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; NEWBORN; PHOCA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EAGLES; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; PHOCA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; WOLVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; PHOCA; PHOCA CASPICA;

EID: 51549085811     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/07-R-345.1     Document Type: Article

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18. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Hormoz Asadi, a friend and colleague, whose tireless dedication to Caspian seal conservation in Iran was an inspiration to all who knew him. We are very grateful to the Caspian Environment Programme, especially to Tim Turner, Hamid Ghaffarzadeh, Anders Poulsen, Lev Neretin, and Igor Mitrofanov, for all their support in the conception, preparation, and execution of these surveys. We also thank Agip KCO for logistical support throughout, with special thanks to Paul Bartlett, Giovanni Rivas, Gulsim Mutysheva, Vladimir Terentyev, Galiya Tukpetova, and Arman Kaltaev. The survey flights were made possible by the superb services of the Berkut Aviation Company, Uralsk. The surveys were supported in 2005 by a grant from the UNDP/GEF II project for the Caspian Environment Programme and in 2006 by a grant from Agip KCO. The project was administered by the Zoological Society of London in 2005 and by the University of Leeds in 2006.
19. First submitted 30 Apr. 2007. Accepted for publication 13 Nov. 2007.