TY - JOUR
T1 - Phocine distemper virus outbreak in the Moray Firth common seal population
T2 - an estimate of mortality
AU - Thompson, Paul M.
AU - Miller, David
PY - 1992/4/20
Y1 - 1992/4/20
N2 - Changes in abundance at haul-out sites were followed, and data on the number of deaths collected, to describe the pattern and extent of mortality resulting from the 1988 phocine distemper virus outbreak in the Moray Firth common seal population. Mortality in this population was estimated to be between 10% and 20%, and was low in comparison to some other parts of the North Sea. Most deaths occurred in the 3-month period from 1st August 1988, and there was no sign of a resurgence of the disease during the 1989 breeding season or moult.
AB - Changes in abundance at haul-out sites were followed, and data on the number of deaths collected, to describe the pattern and extent of mortality resulting from the 1988 phocine distemper virus outbreak in the Moray Firth common seal population. Mortality in this population was estimated to be between 10% and 20%, and was low in comparison to some other parts of the North Sea. Most deaths occurred in the 3-month period from 1st August 1988, and there was no sign of a resurgence of the disease during the 1989 breeding season or moult.
KW - common seal
KW - Moray Firth
KW - mortality
KW - Phoca vitulina
KW - phocine distemper virus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026573328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0048-9697(92)90032-N
DO - 10.1016/0048-9697(92)90032-N
M3 - Article
C2 - 1594935
AN - SCOPUS:0026573328
VL - 115
SP - 57
EP - 65
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
SN - 0048-9697
IS - 1-2
ER -