Pathogen exposure surveillance in Southern Ocean pinnipeds

• Main Author: Núñez Egido, Sandra
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: Infection Biology; BIO-3950; Antarctic; Austral; Bouvet; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25206

An increased pressure of human activities that can introduce new infectious agents and therefore alter host-pathogen interactions, resulting in epizootics and biodiversity loss, challenges the Southern Ocean. Health status information and the potential effect of disease outbreaks in the Southern Oce...