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Articles on harbor seals and related topics
This bibliography is nowhere near exhaustive (yet!); we will be adding to it
on a regular basis.
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- Bekkby, T. & Bjorge, A. (1998). Variation in stomach temperature as
indicator of meal size in harbor seals, Phoca vitulina. Marine Mamm. Sci.
14: 627-637.
- Boness, D. J., Bowen, D., Iverson, S. J. & Oftedal, O. T. (1992). Influence of
storms and maternal size on mother-pup separations and fostering in the
harbor seal, Phoca vitulina. Can. J. Zool. 70: 1640-1644.
- Coltman, D. W., Bowen, W. D. & Wright, J. M. (1998). Male mating success
in an aquatically mating pinniped, the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), assessed
by microsatellite DNA markers. Molec. Ecol. 7: 627-638.
- Coltman, D. W., Bowen, W. D. & Wright, J. M. (1999). A multivariate
analysis of phenotype and paternity in male harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, at
Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Behav. Ecol. 10: 169-177.
- Corpe, H. M., Thompson, P. M. & Porter, L. J. (1998). A rapid non-
invasive technique for distinguishing harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in their
first year from older age classes. Marine Mamm. Sci. 14: 372-
379.
- Gardiner, K. J. & Hall, A. J. (1997). Diel and annual variation in plasma
cortisol concentrations among wild and captive harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).
Can. J. Zool. 75: 1773-1780.
- Goodman, S. J. (1998). Patterns of extensive genetic differentiation and
variation among European harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) revealed
using microsatellite DNA polymorphisms. Molec. Biol. Evol. 15:
104-118.
- Grellier, K., Thompson, P. M. & Corpe, H. M. (1996). The effect of weather
conditions on harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) haulout behaviour in the Moray
Firth, northeast Scotland. Can. J. Zool. 74: 1806-1811.
- Hanggi, E. B. & Schusterman, R. J. (1994). Underwater acoustic displays
and individual variation in male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina. Anim.
Behav. 48: 1275-1283.
- Hansen, S. & Lavigne, D. M. (1997). Ontogeny of the thermal limits in the
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Physiolog. Zool. 70: 85-92.
- Hansen, S., Lavigne, D. M. & Innes, S. (1995). Energy metabolism and
thermoregulation in juvenile harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in air. Physiolog.
Zool. 68: 290-315.
- Harvey, J. T. (1989). Assessment of errors associated with harbour seal
(Phoca vitulina) faecal sampling. J. Zool. 219: 101-111.
- Harvey, J. T. & Antonelis, G. A. (1994). Biases associated with non-lethal
methods of determining the diet of northern elephant seals. Marine Mamm.
Sci. 10: 178-187.
- Harvey, J. T., Helm, R. C. & Morejohn, G. V. (1995). Food habits of harbor
seals inhabiting Elkhorn Slough, California. Calif. Fish Game. 81:
1-9.
- Helander, B. & Bignert, A. (1992). Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) on the
Swedish Baltic coast - population trends and reproduction. Ambio.
21: 504-510.
- Henriksen, G. & Kondakov, A. (1997). A review of the distribution and
abundance of harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, on Svalbard, Norway, and in the
Barents Sea. Marine Mamm. Sci. 13: 157-163.
- Kappe, A. L., Bijlsma, R., Osterhaus, A. D. M. E., VanDelden, W. & others.
(1997). Structure and amount of genetic variation at minisatellite loci within
the subspecies complex of Phoca vitulina (the harbour seal). Heredity.
78: 457-463.
- Kappe, A. L., Vandezande, L., Vedder, E. J., Bijlsma, R. & Others. (1995).
Genetic variation in Phoca vitulina (the harbour seal) revealed by DNA
fingerprinting and RAPDS. Heredity. 74: 647-653.
- Lamont, M. M., Vida, J. T., Harvey, J. T., Jeffries, S. & others. (1996).
Genetic substrates of the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vittulina richardsi) off
Washington, Oregon, and California. Marine Mamm. Sci. 12: 402-
413.
- Leopold, M. F., vanderWerf, B., Ries, E. H. & Reijnders, P. J. H. (1997). The
importance of the North Sea for winter dispersal of harbour seals Phoca
vitulina from the Wadden Sea. Biolog. Cons. 81: 97-102.
- Markussen, N. H. (1993). Transit time of digesta in captive harbour seals
(Phoca vitulina). Can. J. Zool. 71: 1071-1073.
- Mathews, E. A. & Kelly, B. P. (1996). Extreme temporal variation in
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) numbers in Glacier Bay, a glacial fjord in
southeast Alaska. Marine Mamm. Sci. 12: 483-489.
- Mortenson, J. & Follis, M. (1997). Northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris) aggression on harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups. Marine
Mamm. Sci. 13: 526-530.
- Muelbert, M. M. C. & Bowen, W. D. (1993). Duration of lactation and
postweaning changes in mass and body composition of harbour seal, Phoca
vitulina, pups. Can. J. Zool. 71: 1405-1414.
- Neumann, D. R. (1999). Agonistic behavior in harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina) in relation to the availability of haul-out space. Marine Mamm.
Sci. 15: 507-525.
- Olesiuk, P. F. (1993). Annual prey consumption by harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Fish. Bull. 91:
491-515.
- Perry, E. A. & Amos, W. (1998). Genetic and behavioral evidence that
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) females may mate with multiple males. Marine
Mamm. Sci. 14: 178-182.
- Reijnders, P. J. H., Ries, E. H., Tougaard, S., Norgaard, N. & others. (1997).
Population development of harbour seals Phoca vitulina in the Wadden Sea
after the 1988 virus epizootic. J. Sea Res. 38: 161-168.
- Reiman, A. J. & Terhune, J. M. (1993). The maximum range of vocal
communication in air between a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pup and its
mother. Marine Mamm. Sci. 9: 182-189.
- Renouf, D. (1993). Play in a captive breeding colony of harbour seals
(Phoca vitulina) - constrained by time or by energy. J. Zool. 231:
351-363.
- Ries, E. H., Traut, I. M., Paffen, P. & Goedhart, P. W. (1997). Giving
patterns of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands
and Germany, as indicated by VHF telemetry. Can. J. Zool. 75:
2063-2068.
- Rosen, D. A. S. & Renouf, D. (1993). Sex differences in the nursing
relationship between mothers and pups in the Atlantic harbour seal, Phoca
vitulina concolor. J. Zool. 231: 291-299.
- Ross, P. S., Pohajdak, B., Bowen, W. D. & Addison, R. F. (1993). Immune
function in free-ranging harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) mothers and their pups
during lactation. J. Wildl. Dis. 29: 21-29.
- Schaeff, C. M., Boness, D. J. & Bowen, W. D. (1999). Female distribution,
genetic relatedness, and fostering behaviour in harbour seals, Phoca vitulina.
Anim. Behav. 57: 427-434.
- Schandorff, S. (1997). Developmental stability and skull lesions in the
harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ann. Zoologici
Fennici. 34: 151-166.
- Stanley, H. F., Casey, S., Carnahan, J. M., Goodman, S. & Others. (1996).
Worldwide patterns of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the harbor seal
(Phoca vitulina). Molec. Biol. Evol. 13: 368-382.
- Stanley, W. T. & Shaffer, K. F. (1995). Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
predation on seined salmonids in the lower Klamath River, California.
Marine Mamm. Sci. 11: 376-385.
- Suryan, R. M. & Harvey, J. T. (1998). Tracking harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina richardsi) to determine dive behavior, foraging activity, and haul-out
site use. Marine Mamm. Sci. 14: 361-372.
- Suryan, R. M. & Harvey, J. T. (1999). Variability in reactions of Pacific
harbor seals, Phoca vitulina richardsi, to disturbance. Fish. Bull.
97: 332-339.
- Taylor, A. A., Davis, H. & Boyle, G. J. (1998). Increased vigilance toward
unfamiliar humans by harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus)
seals. Marine Mamm. Sci. 14: 575-583.
- Temte, J. L. (1994). Photoperiod control of birth timing in the harbour
seal (Phoca vitulina). J. Zool. 233: 369-384.
- Thompson, P. M., Kovacs, K. M. & Mcconnell, B. J. (1994). Natal dispersal
of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from breeding sites in Orkney, Scotland. J.
Zool. 234: 668-673.
- Tollit, D. J., Black, A. D., Thompson, P. M., Mackay, A. & others. (1998).
Variations in harbour seal Phoca vitulina diet and dive-depths in relation to
foraging habitat. J. Zool. 244: 209-222.
- Tollit, D. J., Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Thompson, P. M. (1997). Prey selection
by harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, in relation to variations in prey abundance.
Can. J. Zool. 75: 1508-1518.
- Traut, I. M., Ries, E. H., Donat, B. & Vareschi, E. (1999). Spacing among
harbour seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) on haul-out sites in the Wadden Sea of
Niedersachsen. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde. 64: 51-53.
- Walker, B. G. & Bowen, W. D. (1993). Changes in body mass and feeding
behaviour in male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, in relation to female
reproductive status. J. Zool. 231: 423-436.
- Watts, P. (1993). Possible lunar influence on hauling-out behavior by
the pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi). Marine Mamm. Sci.
9: 68-76.
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