Analysis of Pacific Harbor Seal Survival at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Friday Harbor, WA
The Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center cares for and releases dozens of Pacific Harbor Seals each year. Analysis of 161 seal records from mid-2004 to 2010 showed that the sex, weight, and age of the incoming seals are not statistically significant predictors of survival to release. The absen...
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DigitalCommons@CalPoly
2011
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/ascisp/6 https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/context/ascisp/article/1005/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf |
Summary: | The Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center cares for and releases dozens of Pacific Harbor Seals each year. Analysis of 161 seal records from mid-2004 to 2010 showed that the sex, weight, and age of the incoming seals are not statistically significant predictors of survival to release. The absence of wounds and injuries, on the other hand, is correlated with increased survival about two times greater than that of wounded seals. |
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