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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...
Autores principales: | de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Bastos, Armanda D. S., Eadie, Candice, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthán N. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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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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