Nasopharyngeal mites Halarachne halichoeri (Allman, 1847) parasitizing the gray seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) in the Baltic Sea with notes on other parasitic Halarachnidae associated with marine mammals

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek Rolbiecki ◽  
Joanna N. Izdebska ◽  
Konrad Bidziński ◽  
Martyna Jankowska-Jarek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Gray Seal ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Parasitic Mites ◽  
A New Species

AbstractParasitic arthropods of marine mammals are relatively poorly understood, with the least amount of data on the occurrence of parasitic arthropods in these hosts. Thus far, only seal lice Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816) have been found in the Baltic seals, while there was no information about the presence of parasitic mites in these mammals. The nasopharyngeal mite Halarachne halichoeri (Allman, 1847) has recently been found in the gray seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), representing a new species (and new genus) for the Polish fauna. Sixty three specimens were found in the nasal cavity and the trachea, including 18 females and 45 males. This is also the first documented record of Halarachnidae in seals of the Baltic Sea. A checklist of parasitic Halarachnidae known from marine mammals is also provided.

The brachiopods Alwynella and Grorudia: homeomorphic plectambonitoids in the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Baltoscandia

2007 ◽  
Vol 98 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Hints ◽  
David A. T. Harper
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Late Ordovician ◽  
Drill Core ◽  
Upper Ordovician ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
New Material ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Water Facies

ABSTRACTTwo Ordovician plectambonitoid genera, Alwynella and Grorudia, occur in drill core sections of Latvia in the East Baltic, and in exposures and loose blocks on the Swedish Island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The new material confirms differences between the two taxa that are assigned herein to separate families, Alwynellidae fam. nov. and Grorudiidae Cocks & Rong, 1989. In particular, the undercut cardinalia separates Alwynella from Grorudia and indicates its proximity to the sowerbyellids. The genus Grorudia, which is externally similar to Alwynella, is more closely related to the palaeostrophomenines. A new species Grorudia morrisoni sp. nov. is established in the East Baltic. The specimens from Öland are included tentatively within the genus Grorudia due to lack of interiors. Both Alwynella and Grorudia were confined to deeper-water facies in the Baltic palaeobasin, within successions ranging in age from latest Mid (late Llanvirn) to earliest Late Ordovician (mid Caradoc).

scholarly journals Life cycle bioenergetics of the gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea: Population response to environmental stress

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 106145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willian T.A.F. Silva ◽  
Karin C. Harding ◽  
Gonçalo M. Marques ◽  
Britt Marie Bäcklin ◽  
Christian Sonne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Population Response ◽  
Gray Seal ◽  
The Baltic

scholarly journals Understanding the diet composition of marine mammals: grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1230-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Lundström ◽  
Olle Hjerne ◽  
Sven-Gunnar Lunneryd ◽  
Olle Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Sampling Condition ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Sampling Procedures

AbstractLundström, K., Hjerne, O., Lunneryd, S-G., and Karlsson, O. 2010. Understanding the diet composition of marine mammals: grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 1230–1239. Dietary studies are important in understanding the ecological role of marine mammals and in formulating appropriate management plans in terms of their interactions with fisheries. The validity of such studies has, however, often been compromised by unrepresentative sampling procedures, resulting in false weight being given to external factors seeming to influence diet composition. The bias caused by non-random sampling was examined, using canonical correspondence analysis to assess how the prey species composition in digestive tract samples of Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) was related to spatial, temporal, and demographic factors and to whether the samples were collected in association with fishing gear or not (“sampling condition”). Geographic region explained the largest fraction of the observed variation, followed by sampling condition, age group, and year. Season and gender were not statistically significant. Segregation of the two age categories “pups” and “juveniles–adults”, and the two geographic categories “Baltic proper” and “Gulf of Bothnia” are proposed to estimate the diet and fish consumption of the Baltic grey seal population as a whole. Atlantic herring was the most commonly recovered prey item in all areas and age groups, followed by European sprat in the south, and common whitefish in the north. Pups had eaten relatively more small non-commercial species than older seals.

THYROID HORMONE STATUS IN GRAY SEAL (HALICHOERUS GRYPUS) PUPS FROM THE BALTIC SEA AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN RELATION TO ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen Gravningen Sørmo ◽  
Ivar Jüssi ◽  
Mart Jüssi ◽  
Marte Braathen ◽  
Janneche Utne Skaare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Gray Seal ◽  
Organochlorine Pollutants ◽  
Hormone Status ◽  
The Baltic

A New Species of Polysiphonia from the Baltic Sea

1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elfriede Kaminski ◽  
M. Nizamuddin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Emergence of the Zoonotic Biliary Trematode Pseudamphistomum truncatum in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e0164782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksija S. Neimanis ◽  
Charlotta Moraeus ◽  
Anders Bergman ◽  
Anders Bignert ◽  
Johan Höglund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic

Mastogloia jahniae sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 484 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
ADIL Y. AL-HANDAL ◽  
ANGELA WULFF ◽  
CHIARA PENNESI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Central Area ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Brackish Water Species ◽  
Water Species ◽  
Sea Coast ◽  
Scanning Electron

Described is here Mastogloia jahniae sp. nov. a species new to science from Skatan on the Baltic Sea, east coast of Sweden. Description of this new species is based on light and scanning electron microscopy. The new species is classified in the Mastogloia section Ellipticae and is characterized by having radiating short and long striae around the central area, sinuous raphe branches and partecta displaced toward the middle of the valve by a siliceous flange. M. jahniae sp. nov. in terms of size is rather small whereas in terms of ecology appears an epipelic brackish water species. The new species was rather rare in all samples collected from Skatan and has not been found in the other adjacent regions sampled. A comparison with similar established Mastogloia species is provided.

scholarly journals Estimation of grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) diet composition in the Baltic Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Lundström ◽  
Olle Hjerne ◽  
Karin Alexandersson ◽  
Olle Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Clupea Harengus ◽  
Halichoerus Grypus ◽  
Coregonus Lavaretus ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Hard Part ◽  
The Baltic

We examined the digestive tract contents from 145 grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) collected between 2001 and 2004 in the Baltic Sea. We compensated for biases introduced by erosion of otoliths, both by using additional hard-part structures other than otoliths, and species-specific size and numerical correction factors. In the absence of numerical correction factors based on feeding experiments for some species, we used correction factors based on a relationship between otolith recoveryrate and otolith width. A total of 24 prey taxa were identified but only a few species contributed substantially to the diet. The estimated diet composition was, independently of the prey number estimation method and diet composition estimation model used, dominated by herring (Clupea harengus), both by numbers and biomass. In addition to herring, common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) were important prey, but cyprinids (Cyprinidae), eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), flounder (Platichtys flesus) and salmon (Salmo salar) also contributed significantly. Our results indicated dietary differences between grey seals of different age as well as between seals from the northern (Gulf of Bothnia) and the southern (Baltic Proper) Baltic Sea.

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