Open AccessApparent decline in the harbour seal Phoca vitulina population near Hvaler, Norway, following an epizootic
Author(s) -
Hedlund Markussen Nina
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
ecography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.973
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1600-0587
pISSN - 0906-7590
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1992.tb00014.x
Subject(s) - phoca , epizootic , morbillivirus , outbreak , population , harbor seal , harbour , zoology , biology , ecology , fishery , paramyxoviridae , virology , medicine , viral disease , virus , environmental health , computer science , programming language
From 1986‐90 we tagged 98 harbour seal pups at Hvaler, Norway Fifteen were recovered later the same year of which 10 were recovered in 1988, when the seal population was infected by a morbillivirus The epizootic in 1988 resulted in a population decline of c 75% Predicted birth weight did not vary significantly before and after the epizootic Newborn harbour seals have antibodies against the morbillivirus two years after the outbreak of the disease