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References

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• BMLSS (British Marine Life Study Society), (2008). Sea Mammals: Seals Page. www.glaucus.org.uk/seals1.htm, 2008-03-13 00:00:00
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2011). Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137079 on 2012-05-24
• Bishop, L. 1979. PARASITE-RELATED LESIONS IN A BEARDED SEAL, Erignathus barbatus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 15: 285-293.
• Brattey, J., G. Stenson. 1993. Host specificity and abundance of parasitic nematodes (Ascaridoidea) from the stomachs of five phocid species from Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 71(11): 2156-2166.
• Bristow, G., B. Berland. 1992. On the ecology and distribution of Pseudoterranova decipiens C (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in an intermediate host, Hippoglossoides platessoides, in northern Norwegian waters. Internation Journal for Parasitology, 22.2: 203-208.
• Cameron, M., P. Boveng. 2009. "Seasonal Movements, Habitat Selection, Foraging and Haul-out Behavior of Adult Bearded Seals" (On-line). Accessed May 26, 2010 at ftp://ftp.afsc.noaa.gov/posters/pCameron05_adult-bearded-seal-pups.pdf.
• Cleator, H., I. Stirling, T. Smith. 1989. Underwater vocalizations of the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 67.8: 1900-1910.
• Corbet, G.B. & Southern, H.N., (1977). The handbook of British Mammals. 2nd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford & London.
• David Macdonald (1985) The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Facts on File: New York.
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• Finley, K. 1983. Summer diet of the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) in the Canadian High Arctic. Artic, 36.1: 82-89.
• Gjertz, I., K. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, Ø. Wiig. 2000. Movements and diving of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) mothers and pups during lactation and post-weaning. Polar Biology, 23.8: 559-566.
• Hewer, H.R. (1974). British Seals. London : Collins
• Hjelset, A., M. Andersen, I. Gjertz, C. Lydersen, B. Gulliksen. 1999. habits of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) from the Svalbard area, Norway. Polar Biology, 21.3: 186-193.
• Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E. (ed.), (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
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• Kinze, C. C., (2002). Photographic Guide to the Marine Mammals of the North Atlantic. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Kirlin, M. 2005. "The Bearded Seal - Mating System" (On-line). Accessed May 08, 2010 at http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2005/Kirlin/Mating.html.
• Kovacs, K., C. Lydersen, I. Gjertz. 1996. Birth-Site Characteristics and Prenatal Molting in Bearded Seals (Erignathus barbatus)”. Journal of Mammology, 77.4: 1085-1091.
• Kovacs, K., D. Lavigne. 1986. Maternal Investment and Neonatal Growth in Phocid Seals. Journal of Animal Ecology, 55.3: 1035-1051.
• Lowry, L., K. Frost, J. Burns. 1980. Feeding of Bearded Seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Artic, 33.2: 330-342.
• M. J. Dunbar, Arctic and subarctic marine ecology: immediate problems, Arctic 7:213-228, from p. 223 (1954).
• MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.  
• Nelson, M. 2008. "Bearded Seal" (On-line). ADF&G Wildlife Notebook Series. Accessed May 01, 2010 at http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=beardedseal.main.
• North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
• Nowak, R.M., (2003). Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
• Original description: Erxleben, J.C.P., 1777.  Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietas, cum synonymia et historia animalium.  Classis I, Mammalia, 1:590.  Wegand, Leipzig, 636 pp.
• Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank
• Reeves, R., B. Stewart, S. Leatherwood. 1992. The Sierra Club Handbook of Seals and Sirenians. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
• Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231
• Ronald Nowak (2003) Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.
• Shetland Sea Mammal Group (2008). Vagrant Seals in Shetland. www.nature-shetland.co.uk/seamammal/rareseals.htm, 2008-03-13 00:00:00
• Smith, T. 1980. Polar bear predation of ringed and bearded seals in the land-fast sea ice habitat. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 58: 2201-2209.
• Terhune, J. 1999. Pitch separation as a possible jamming avoidance mechanism in underwater calls of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77: 1025-1034.
• UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204
• van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376