Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 902 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0
Temperature range (°C): 0.297 - 21.498
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.240 - 12.040
Salinity (PPS): 30.381 - 35.656
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.180 - 8.103
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.205 - 1.202
Silicate (umol/l): 0.987 - 22.664
Graphical representation
Temperature range (°C): 0.297 - 21.498
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.240 - 12.040
Salinity (PPS): 30.381 - 35.656
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.180 - 8.103
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.205 - 1.202
Silicate (umol/l): 0.987 - 22.664
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Known predators
Orcinus orca
Somniosus microcephalus
Homo sapiens
Based on studies in:
Arctic (Marine)
USA: Alaska, Aleutian Islands (Coastal)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- M. J. Dunbar, Arctic and subarctic marine ecology: immediate problems, Arctic 7:213-228, from p. 223 (1954).
- C. A. Simenstad, J. A. Estes, K. W. Kenyon, Aleuts, sea otters, and alternate stable-state communities, Science 200:403-411, from p. 404 (1978).
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Known prey organisms
zooplankton
caplin
Actinopterygii
Clupea
Scomber
Pomatomus
Based on studies in:
Arctic (Marine)
USA: Alaska, Aleutian Islands (Coastal)
USA: Massachusetts, Cape Ann (Marine, Sublittoral)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- M. J. Dunbar, Arctic and subarctic marine ecology: immediate problems, Arctic 7:213-228, from p. 223 (1954).
- C. A. Simenstad, J. A. Estes, K. W. Kenyon, Aleuts, sea otters, and alternate stable-state communities, Science 200:403-411, from p. 404 (1978).
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 272 (1947).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 39 | Public Records: | 18 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 33 | Public Species: | 6 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 27 | Public BINs: | 6 |
| Species: | 6 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 6 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Phoca
Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae. It now contains just two species, the common seal and the spotted seal (or Largha seal). Several species formerly listed under this genus have been split into the genera Pusa, Pagophilus, and Histriophoca. For this reason, the fossil history of the genus is unclear, and it has formerly been used as wastebasket taxon for a number of fossils of uncertain affinity.[1]
Species
Currently there are two members:
Former members of Phoca:
- Histriophoca fasciata (Ribbon seal)
- Pusa caspica (Caspian seal)
- Pusa hispida (Ringed seal)
- Pusa sibirica (Nerpa or Baikal seal)
- Pagophilus groenlandica (Harp seal)
References
- ^ Berta, A. & Churchill, M. (2012). "Pinniped Taxonomy: evidence for species and subspecies". Mammal Review 42 (3): 207–234. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x.
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