Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands
Two species of seal breed in the Netherlands, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). The populations of both species have increased markedly over the past 40 years. Harbour seals have recovered from a minimum number of around 500 in 1980 to some 9,000 seals in 2016...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/535588 2023-05-15T16:33:37+02:00 Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands Zande, A.N., van der Alphen, J.J.M., van Goodman, S.J. Meijboom, F.L.B. Stegeman, A.J. Thompson, D. Kuindersma, W. Latour, J.B. 2018 application/pdf https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/535588 en eng Wageningen Environmental Research https://edepot.wur.nl/443852 https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/535588 Wageningen University & Research dierenwelzijn animal welfare wilde dieren wild animals zeehonden seals diergezondheid animal health huisvesting dieren animal housing Animal Health and Welfare Gezondheid en welzijn van dieren External research report 2018 ftunivwagenin 2022-01-06T16:39:02Z Two species of seal breed in the Netherlands, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). The populations of both species have increased markedly over the past 40 years. Harbour seals have recovered from a minimum number of around 500 in 1980 to some 9,000 seals in 2016 (Figure 1). Grey seals were effectively absent from the Netherlands until 1980, but have made a remarkable recovery; the numbers counted during the annual moult increased to around 5,100 in 2016. The number of pups born each year for both species is equivalent to around 20% of the number of seals counted during the moult. Report harbour seal Phoca vitulina Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library |
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Two species of seal breed in the Netherlands, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). The populations of both species have increased markedly over the past 40 years. Harbour seals have recovered from a minimum number of around 500 in 1980 to some 9,000 seals in 2016 (Figure 1). Grey seals were effectively absent from the Netherlands until 1980, but have made a remarkable recovery; the numbers counted during the annual moult increased to around 5,100 in 2016. The number of pups born each year for both species is equivalent to around 20% of the number of seals counted during the moult. |
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Zande, A.N., van der Alphen, J.J.M., van Goodman, S.J. Meijboom, F.L.B. Stegeman, A.J. Thompson, D. Kuindersma, W. Latour, J.B. |
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Zande, A.N., van der Alphen, J.J.M., van Goodman, S.J. Meijboom, F.L.B. Stegeman, A.J. Thompson, D. Kuindersma, W. Latour, J.B. |
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Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands |
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Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands |
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Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands |
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Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands |
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Advice of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Seal Rehabilitation in the Netherlands |
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Wageningen Environmental Research |
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