Variation of blubber thickness for three marine mammal species in the southern Baltic Sea by Ursula Siebert, Miguel L. Grilo, Tina Kesselring, Kristina Lehnert, Katrin Ronnenberg, Iwona Pawliczka, Anders Galatius, Line A. Kyhn, Michael Dähne, Anita Gilles

“…Evaluating populational trends of health condition has become an important topic for marine mammal populations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). …”
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Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals: A review by Christian Sonne, Ursula Siebert, Katharina Gonnsen, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Igor Eulaers, Sara Persson, Anna Roos, Britt-Marie Bäcklin, Kaarina Kauhala, Morten Tange Olsen, Karin C. Harding, Gabriele Treu, Anders Galatius, Emilie Andersen-Ranberg, Stephanie Gross, Jan Lakemeyer, Kristina Lehnert, Su Shiung Lam, Wanxi Peng, Rune Dietz

“…There was only limited information available for white-tailed eagles and common eider while extensive information exist on POP exposure and health effects in the four marine mammal species. Here we report organ-tissue endpoints (pathologies) and multiple biomarkers used to evaluate health and exposure of key species to POPs, respectively, over the past several decades during which episodes of significant population declines have been reported. …”
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In the Search of Marine Pestiviruses: First Case of Phocoena Pestivirus in a Belt Sea Harbour Porpoise by Iben Stokholm, Nicole Fischer, Christine Baechlein, Alexander Postel, Anders Galatius, Line Anker Kyhn, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Sara Persson, Ursula Siebert, Morten Tange Olsen, Paul Becher

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Response of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) to underwater acoustic harassment device sounds by Emilie Nicoline Stepien, Anders Galatius, Kirstin Anderson Hansen, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Jonas Teilmann, Magnus Wahlberg

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Screening for Influenza and Morbillivirus in Seals and Porpoises in the Baltic and North Sea by Iben Stokholm, Christine Baechlein, Sara Persson, Anna Roos, Anders Galatius, Line Anker Kyhn, Signe Sveegaard, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Morten Tange Olsen, Paul Becher, Ursula Siebert

“…Despite screening 376 marine mammals collected over nearly two decades, we only detected one case of PDV and two cases of IAV linked to the documented viral outbreaks in seals in 2002 and 2014, respectively. …”
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Of power and despair in cetacean conservation: estimation and detection of trend in abundance with noisy and short time-series by Matthieu Authier, Anders Galatius, Anita Gilles, Jérôme Spitz

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