Morphometrics, body condition, and growth of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) in Lake Saimaa: Implications for conservation

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miina Auttila ◽  
Mika Kurkilahti ◽  
Marja Niemi ◽  
Riikka Levänen ◽  
Tero Sipilä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Condition ◽  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Pusa Hispida ◽  
Lake Saimaa

scholarly journals Bacular and testicular growth and allometry in the ringed seal (Pusa hispida): evidence of polygyny?

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Yurkowski ◽  
Magaly Chambellant ◽  
Steven H. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Testicular Growth ◽  
Pusa Hispida

scholarly journals Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) diet on the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway: during a time of ecosystem change

Polar Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 773-788
Author(s):  
O. Bengtsson ◽  
C. Lydersen ◽  
K. M. Kovacs ◽  
U. Lindström
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Ecosystem Change ◽  
The West ◽  
Pusa Hispida

Renal Functions of the Baikal Seal Pusa sibirica and Ringed Seal Pusa hispida

1982 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suk Ki Hong ◽  
Robert Elsner ◽  
John R. Claybaugh ◽  
Keith Ronald
Keyword(s):  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Renal Functions ◽  
Pusa Hispida

scholarly journals GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE SKULL OF THE RINGED SEAL, PUSA HISPIDA

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Amano ◽  
Azusa Hayano ◽  
Nobuyuki Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Pusa Hispida

De novo assembly of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) blubber transcriptome: A tool that enables identification of molecular health indicators associated with PCB exposure

2017 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 48-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya M. Brown ◽  
S. Austin Hammond ◽  
Bahar Behsaz ◽  
Nik Veldhoen ◽  
Inanç Birol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
De Novo Assembly ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Pusa Hispida ◽  
Pcb Exposure

Geographic variation in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) growth rate and body size

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. 649-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven H. Ferguson ◽  
Xinhua Zhu ◽  
Brent G. Young ◽  
David J. Yurkowski ◽  
Gregory W. Thiemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Ringed Seal ◽  
Differential Growth ◽  
Sea Ice Concentration ◽  
Geographical Patterns ◽  
The North ◽  
Asymptotic Size ◽  
Pusa Hispida

We summarize geographical patterns in ringed seal (Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775)) body length and girth growth using 3012 samples collected by Inuit hunters in the eastern Canadian Arctic from 1990 to 2016. Spatial structure was detected using cluster analysis of environmental variables separating a northern region in the eastern Canadian High Arctic and a southern region in Hudson Bay. The north was characterized by more fast ice, multiyear ice, greater snow depth, colder temperatures, and greater sea-ice concentration in the spring seal breeding season. Hierarchical Bayesian models described length and axillary girth growth of northern seals as slower than in the south, reaching asymptotic size 5–7 years later. Northern females were larger than males (asymptotic length of 149 versus 140 cm, respectively) and both were larger than southern seals (males and females 126 cm). We conclude that environmental variation was best represented by regions rather than latitude, regional body size differences were driven by differential growth rates, and northern ringed seals may be characterized by reverse sexual size dimorphism.

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