Museum specimens of a landlocked pinniped reveal recent loss of genetic diversity and unexpected population connections
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.19.492422
Abstract: Aim The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland. The subspecies is thought to have originated when parts of the ringed seal population of the Baltic region were trapped… read more here.
Keywords: saimaa ringed; ringed seal; population; genetic diversity ... See more keywords
Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) breeding habitat on the landfast ice in northwest Alaska during spring 1983 and 1984
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260644
Abstract: There has been significant sea ice loss associated with climate change in the Pacific Arctic, with unquantified impacts to the habitat of ice-obligate marine mammals such as ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Ringed seals maintain breathing… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; sea ice; pusa hispida; ringed seal ... See more keywords