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Seal Conservation Society: 1997 News Digest
Mediterranean monk seals which died in the recent West African mass mortality. It was a morbillivirus, phocine distemper virus (PDV), which was the cause of the ... . State officials are currently attempting to determine the exact cause of the Baikal seal mortality. Baikal seals have been severely threatened in recent times by hunting and environmental pollutants. ( ...
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SCS: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
Aegean Sea. In May-July 1997 there was a mass mortality of Mediterranean monk seals at the important colony on the Cap ... mortality was a toxic "red tide" or a newly-found virus that was found in some of the dead seals. This mass mortality ... the actual social and numerical structure of a colony. The mass mortality prompted an international response that included the rehabilitation of four seal ...
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Shark Predation on Sable Island seals
Shark-inflicted mortality may be a significant factor in the biology and behaviour of many pinniped species, influencing ... , P.-Y. & Z.Lucas. 1998. Mass mortality of young harp seals. Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter 5 (2): 4-5. Lucas, Z. & W.T. Stobo. 2000. Shark-inflicted mortality on a population of harbour ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Panama, some populations have declined, but others persist. For example, Lips (1999) reported a mass mortality in Fortuna, Provincia de Chiriquí, which affected this species in December 1996-January 1997 ... Neotropical harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus). Biotropica 37(2): 190-201. Lips, K.R. 1999. Mass mortality and population declines of anurans at an upland site in western Panama. Conservation ...
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Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
These surveys are being carried out to identify and record information about bird mortality along the northeastern coast. Data collected by SEANET volunteers are used to examine the ... been done in this region, these surveys will provide baseline information about bird mortality as well as help detect mass mortality events such as oil spills. Seabirds are especially sensitive to petroleum ...
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SEANET
Survey volunteers will walk designated stretches of ... wildlife rehabilitators and other observers throughout the northeast to address large scale mortality events, including paralytic shellfish poisoning (red tide), Salmonella outbreaks, and fisheries bycatch ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
There is also destruction of habitat in Russia (Kalmykia). Severe winters can cause mass mortality. List of Threats: 3.1.1 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Subsistence use/local trade (ongoing ...
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Global Decline of Amphibians - What you can do about it
Our Rapid Response Fund provides immediate economic assistance to researchers who need to investigate mass mortality events and other situations for which any delay would mean an important opportunity being missed ...
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Styracosaurus
Resembling the rhinoceros in general appearance, horned dinosaurs did not hold their forelimbs directly beneath ...
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Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton
Inst. of Science in Society. ISIS Press Release 03/05/06 Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton At least 1 800 ... and March 2006, the shepherds of Warangal district again reported high mortality in their flocks after grazing in harvested Bt cotton fields. ... grazed on Bt cotton; if not, then the mortality rate is even higher than reported. Source Mortality in Sheep Flocks after Grazing on Bt Cotton ...
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