Factors Affecting Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) Strandings in the Northwest Atlantic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Soulen, Brianne K ^a   Cammen, Kristina ^a   Schultz, Thomas F ^a   Johnston, David W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADAPTATION; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRANDING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HARP SEAL; ICE COVER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEAL; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; ICE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 84880439890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068779     Document Type: Article

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