SOME DATA CONCERNING THE NEWFOUNDLAND POPULATION OF GREENLAND SEALS (Nekotorye Dannye o Grenlandskom Tyulene Nyufaundlendskogo Stada)

The Soviet whaling fleet, supported by aircraft, investigated the distribution of the Greenland seal in the Newfoundland region from 1961 through 1963. Their objective was to gather data on the dates, locations, and size of rookeries formed by seals on ice during pupping, lactation and molting. Addi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Popov,L. A., Timoshenko,Ya. K.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
(*SEALS(MAMMALS)
*NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE))
(*ECOLOGY
SEALS(MAMMALS))
POPULATION
BEHAVIOR
REPRODUCTION(PHYSIOLOGY)
DISTRIBUTION
AQUATIC ANIMALS
MARINE BIOLOGY
MAMMALS
FEMALES
MALES
AGING(PHYSIOLOGY)
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Greenland
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0704675
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0704675
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Summary:The Soviet whaling fleet, supported by aircraft, investigated the distribution of the Greenland seal in the Newfoundland region from 1961 through 1963. Their objective was to gather data on the dates, locations, and size of rookeries formed by seals on ice during pupping, lactation and molting. Additionally, the age and sex composition of the harems is outlined. The data are presented in tables and charts, which may serve as guides for further studies. (Author) Trans. of mono. Morskie Mlekopitayushchie, Moscow, 1965 p158-170, by M. Slessers.

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