Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals
The efficacy of seal rehabilitation is examined in a postrelease study of dive ability in harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina) in the Wash, United Kingdom. Six rehabilitated seals were fitted with Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Argos Satellite Relay Data Logger tags and their individual dive behavior...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/1b9b333c-d139-45e3-9120-1324d11d9c2d 2023-05-15T16:33:08+02:00 Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals Morrison, Catriona Sparling, Carol Sadler, Laila Charles, Alison Sharples, Ruth McConnell, Bernie 2012-04 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/postrelease-dive-ability-in-rehabilitated-harbor-seals(1b9b333c-d139-45e3-9120-1324d11d9c2d).html https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00510.x eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Morrison , C , Sparling , C , Sadler , L , Charles , A , Sharples , R & McConnell , B 2012 , ' Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals ' , Marine Mammal Science , vol. 28 , no. 2 , pp. E110-E123 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00510.x article 2012 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00510.x 2022-10-13T15:25:36Z The efficacy of seal rehabilitation is examined in a postrelease study of dive ability in harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina) in the Wash, United Kingdom. Six rehabilitated seals were fitted with Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Argos Satellite Relay Data Logger tags and their individual dive behavior was monitored for an average of 122 d. The upper 90 percentile edge of dive behavior (dive duration [DD90] and percentage of time at-sea spent in a dive [PD90]), in 7 d bins, was used as a proxy for physiological dive ability. The results are compared with data from five wild adult harbor seals. There was no statistically significant difference between (1) the mean track duration of rehabilitated seals (126.20 +/- 27.48 [SD] d) and adult seals (150.2 +/- 24.62 d) (P= 0.108), indicating no evidence that short-term survival was less in the rehabilitated group; (2) the mean mass-scaled DD90 of rehabilitated seals (3.95 +/- 0.37 min) and adult seals (4.09 +/- 0.55 min) (P= 0.632); and (3) the mean PD90 of rehabilitated seals (81.62 +/- 1.21%) and adult seals (81.48 +/- 3.93%) (P= 0.943). These three results all suggest the success of the rehabilitation program in terms of short-term survival and dive ability. Article in Journal/Newspaper harbor seal Phoca vitulina University of St Andrews: Research Portal Marine Mammal Science 28 2 E110 E123 |
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The efficacy of seal rehabilitation is examined in a postrelease study of dive ability in harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina) in the Wash, United Kingdom. Six rehabilitated seals were fitted with Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Argos Satellite Relay Data Logger tags and their individual dive behavior was monitored for an average of 122 d. The upper 90 percentile edge of dive behavior (dive duration [DD90] and percentage of time at-sea spent in a dive [PD90]), in 7 d bins, was used as a proxy for physiological dive ability. The results are compared with data from five wild adult harbor seals. There was no statistically significant difference between (1) the mean track duration of rehabilitated seals (126.20 +/- 27.48 [SD] d) and adult seals (150.2 +/- 24.62 d) (P= 0.108), indicating no evidence that short-term survival was less in the rehabilitated group; (2) the mean mass-scaled DD90 of rehabilitated seals (3.95 +/- 0.37 min) and adult seals (4.09 +/- 0.55 min) (P= 0.632); and (3) the mean PD90 of rehabilitated seals (81.62 +/- 1.21%) and adult seals (81.48 +/- 3.93%) (P= 0.943). These three results all suggest the success of the rehabilitation program in terms of short-term survival and dive ability. |
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Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals |
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Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals |
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Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals |
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Morrison , C , Sparling , C , Sadler , L , Charles , A , Sharples , R & McConnell , B 2012 , ' Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals ' , Marine Mammal Science , vol. 28 , no. 2 , pp. E110-E123 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00510.x |
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