Studies on reproduction in the harp seal (Phoca groenlandica Erxleben) in the northwest Atlantic.

The harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, ranges from the eastern Canadian coast and Arctic eastward to Novaya Zemlya and adjacent Soviet areas. Within this range it is divided into three major breeding populations which can be referred to as the Eastern, breeding in the White Sea, the Central, breeding in...

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Main Author: Fisher, Harold. D.
Other Authors: Dunbar, M. (Supervisor)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: McGill University 1954
Subjects:
Zoology
Arctic
Jan Mayen
White Sea
Harp Seal
Newfoundland
Northwest Atlantic
Novaya Zemlya
Phoca groenlandica
Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=109647
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Summary:The harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, ranges from the eastern Canadian coast and Arctic eastward to Novaya Zemlya and adjacent Soviet areas. Within this range it is divided into three major breeding populations which can be referred to as the Eastern, breeding in the White Sea, the Central, breeding in the Jan Mayen area, and the Western, breeding off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Fig. 1). The species is strongly migratory and occupies the southern area of pack-ice for breeding in the spring, between late February and the end of April.

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