Aversive Response of Grey (Halichoerus grypus) and Harbour (Phoca vitulina) Seals Exposed to Camphor: A New Approach to Keep Seals Away from Sensitive Areas?

• Published in: Aquatic Mammals
• Main Authors: Campagna, Sylvia, Hansen, Kirstin Anderson, Wahlberg, Magnus, Célérier, Aurélie
• Other Authors: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Université de Nîmes (UNIMES), University of Southern Denmark (SDU), We thank Fjord&Baelt (Denmark) for allowing us to perform our behavioural assays; and Thomas Lisney and Sara Torres Ortiz (Max Planck Institute, Germany) for assistance during the implementation of the experiments. We also thank Institut Ecologie et Environnement CNRS for funding AC and SC through Projets Exploratoires Premier Soutien ExoMod. The grey seals are kept under the Danish Food and Agriculture Permit Number 2300-50120-00003-09, issued to the University of Southern Denmark. The harbour seals are kept under Permit Number DK-Z-0001008 from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: HARBOR seal; GRAY seal; TASTE receptors; ODORS; BOTTLENOSE dolphin; WALRUS; AQUATIC mammals; [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina; walrus*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04213141; https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.634

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