Mass Mortality of Adult Male Subantarctic Fur Seals: Are Alien Mice the Culprits?

BACKGROUND: Mass mortalities of marine mammals due to infectious agents are increasingly reported. However, in contrast to previous die-offs, which were indiscriminate with respect to sex and age, here we report a land-based mass mortality of Subantarctic fur seals with apparent exclusivity to adult...

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Autores principales: de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Bastos, Armanda D. S., Eadie, Candice, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthán N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2582944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19018284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003757

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2582944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19018284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003757

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