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- Title
First record of the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) extralimital presence in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Authors
Bellido, J. J.; Cabot, J.; Castillo, J. J.; Ba' Ez, J. C.; Marti'n, J. J.; Mons, J. L.; Larios, J.; Rubia, J.; Real, R.
- Abstract
The stranding of a harp seal on the beach in the municipality of Motril (southern Spain) represents the first record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost known report. It was a male which reached the beach very tired and sick, dying after two hours on the sand. The specimen presented three species of epibionts. This is the second species of Arctic seal recorded in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Sea; SPAIN; HARP seal; STRANDING of fish; FISH conservation; MARINE species diversity; WILDLIFE conservation; SEALS (Animals); ENDANGERED species
- Publication
Marine Biodiversity Records, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1755-2672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1755267209990959