Streptococcal Infections in Marine Mammals by Daniela Numberger, Ursula Siebert, Marcus Fulde, Peter Valentin-Weigand

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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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Occurrence of Antimicrobial-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Marine Mammals of the North and Baltic Seas: Sentinels for Human Health by Stephanie Gross, Anja Müller, Diana Seinige, Peter Wohlsein, Manuela Oliveira, Dieter Steinhagen, Corinna Kehrenberg, Ursula Siebert

“…Additionally, post mortem examinations were performed on 41 of the sampled marine mammals. The investigations revealed resistant <i>E. coli</i> in 39.4% of the marine mammal samples, while no resistant isolates were obtained from any of the fish samples. …”
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Heartworm and seal louse: Trends in prevalence, characterisation of impact and transmission pathways in a unique parasite assembly on seals in the North and Baltic Sea by Insa Herzog, Peter Wohlsein, Anika Preuss, Stanislav N. Gorb, Rémi Pigeault, Christa Ewers, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Ursula Siebert, Kristina Lehnert

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Small Cetacean in a Human High-Use Area: Trends in Harbor Porpoise Abundance in the North Sea Over Two Decades by Dominik A. Nachtsheim, Sacha Viquerat, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez, Bianca Unger, Ursula Siebert, Anita Gilles

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Occurrence of Microplastics in Harbour Seals (<em>Phoca vitulina</em>) and Grey Seals (<em>Halichoerus grypus</em>) from German Waters by Carolin Philipp, Bianca Unger, Ursula Siebert

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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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Selective Inner Hair Cell Loss in a Neonate Harbor Seal (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) by Maria Morell, Laura Rojas, Martin Haulena, Björn Busse, Ursula Siebert, Robert E. Shadwick, Stephen A. Raverty

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Wild harbour porpoises startle and flee at low received levels from acoustic harassment device by Siri L. Elmegaard, Jonas Teilmann, Laia Rojano-Doñate, Dennis Brennecke, Lonnie Mikkelsen, Jeppe D. Balle, Ulrich Gosewinkel, Line A. Kyhn, Pernille Tønnesen, Magnus Wahlberg, Andreas Ruser, Ursula Siebert, Peter Teglberg Madsen

“…Abstract Acoustic Harassment Devices (AHD) are widely used to deter marine mammals from aquaculture depredation, and from pile driving operations that may otherwise cause hearing damage. …”
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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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Determination of growth, mass, and body mass index of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Implications for conservational status assessment of populations by Emilie Nicoline Stepien, Jacob Nabe–Nielsen, Kirstin Anderson Hansen, Jakob Højer Kristensen, Marie–Anne Blanchet, Sabrina Brando, Geneviève Desportes, Christina Lockyer, Lauro Marcenaro, Paulien Bunskoek, José Kemper, Ursula Siebert, Morten Tange Olsen, Magnus Wahlberg

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A negative trend in abundance and an exceeded mortality limit call for conservation action for the Vulnerable Belt Sea harbour porpoise population by Kylie Owen, Anita Gilles, Matthieu Authier, Julia Carlström, Mathieu Genu, Line Anker Kyhn, Dominik A. Nachtsheim, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez, Ursula Siebert, Martin Sköld, Martin Sköld, Jonas Teilmann, Bianca Unger, Signe Sveegaard

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Vessel noise exposures of harbour seals from the Wadden Sea by Dominik André Nachtsheim, Mark Johnson, Tobias Schaffeld, Abbo van Neer, Peter T. Madsen, Charlotte R. Findlay, Laia Rojano-Doñate, Jonas Teilmann, Lonnie Mikkelsen, Johannes Baltzer, Andreas Ruser, Ursula Siebert, Joseph G. Schnitzler

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Number of Primordial Follicles in Juvenile Ringed Seals (<i>Pusa hispida</i>) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland by Britta Schmidt, Julia Hollenbach, Christian Mühlfeld, Christiane Pfarrer, Sara Persson, Tina Kesselring, Christian Sonne, Frank Rigét, Rune Dietz, Ursula Siebert

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Survival and adaptation of Streptococcus phocae in host environments. by Daniela Numberger, Ursula Siebert, Peter Valentin Weigand

“…Marine mammals are sentinel species representing the "health" of our oceans on which we are dependent. …”
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Bone mineral density and microarchitecture change during skeletal growth in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German coast by Julian Delsmann, Britta Schmidt, Ralf Oheim, Michael Amling, Tim Rolvien, Ursula Siebert

“…However, insights into skeletal characteristics of marine mammals are limited, especially in the growing skeleton. …”
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Seroprevalence of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> in Pinnipeds under Human Care and in Wild Pinnipeds by Micaela Martins, Nuno Urbani, Carla Flanagan, Ursula Siebert, Stephanie Gross, Jitender P. Dubey, Luís Cardoso, Ana Patrícia Lopes

“…<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> infection has been reported in numerous species of marine mammals, some of them with fatal consequences. …”
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Spatiotemporal accumulation of fatal pharyngeal entrapment of flatfish in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea by Stephanie Gross, Marco Roller, Holger Haslob, Miguel Grilo, Jan Lakemeyer, Anja Reckendorf, Peter Wohlsein, Ursula Siebert

“…The German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has a year-round, permanent and systematic stranding network that retrieves stranded marine mammals from its shorelines and constantly enables post-mortem examinations. …”
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