Detection of grey seal Halichoerus grypus DNA in attack wounds on stranded harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 277-281

  Van Bleijswijk, Judith D L ^a   Begeman, Lineke ^b   Witte, Harry J ^a   IJsseldijk, Lonneke L ^b   Brasseur, Sophie M J M ^c   Gröne, Andrea ^b   Leopold, Mardik F ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic PCR; Forensic analysis; Inter species interaction; mtDNA; Mutilation; North sea; Predation

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRAGMENTATION; HARBOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PINNIPED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; STRANDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 84908491874     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11004     Document Type: Article

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