• The Bacterial Microbiome in the Small Intestine of Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata) 

      Acquarone, Mario; Salgado-Flores, Alejandro; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-27)
      Arctic hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) are monogastric carnivores that go through extreme fasting and re-feeding in early life. They are born isolated on sea ice; suckle high-fat milk for four days and may then fast for up to one month before they start hunting and feeding on small prey (fish and crustaceans). Previous studies of the gut microbiota in pinnipeds have focused on the large intestine, ...
    • Characterization of the gut microbiome of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) 

      Acquarone, Mario; Salgado, Alejandro Flores; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2016-03-14)
    • Evaluation of etorphine reversed by diprenorphine for the immobilisation of free-ranging Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.) 

      Acquarone, Mario; Born, Erik W.; Griffiths, David; Knutsen, Lars Øyvind; Wiig, Øystein; Gjertz, Ian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Marine mammal hotspots across the circumpolar Arctic 

      Hamilton, Charmain D.; Lydersen, Christian; Aars, Jon; Acquarone, Mario; Atwood, Todd; Baylis, Alastair; Biuw, Martin; Boltunov, Andrei N.; Born, Erik W.; Boveng, Peter; Brown, Tanya M.; Cameron, Michael; Citta, John; Crawford, Justin; Dietz, Rune; Elias, Jim; Ferguson, Steven H.; Fisk, Aaron; Folkow, Lars; Frost, Kathryn J.; Glazov, Dmitri M.; Granquist, Sandra M.; Gryba, Rowenna; Harwood, Lois; Haug, Tore; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Hussey, Nigel E.; Kalinek, Jimmy; Laidre, Kristin L.; Litovka, Dennis I.; London, Josh M.; Loseto, Lisa L.; MacPhee, Shannon; Marcoux, Marianne; Matthews, Cory J. D.; Nilssen, Kjell Tormod; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; O’Corry-Crowe, Greg; Øien, Nils Inge; Olsen, Morten Tange; Quakenbush, Lori; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Semenova, Varvara; Shelden, Kim E. W.; Shpak, Olga V.; Stenson, Garry; Storrie, Luke; Sveegaard, Signe; Teilmann, Jonas; Ugarte, Fernando; Von Duyke, Andrew L.; Watt, Cortney; Wiig, Øystein; Wilson, Ryan R.; Yurkowski, David J.; Kovacs, Kit M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-11)
      Aim: Identify hotspots and areas of high species richness for Arctic marine mammals.<p><p> Location: Circumpolar Arctic. <p>Methods: A total of 2115 biologging devices were deployed on marine mammals from 13 species in the Arctic from 2005 to 2019. Getis-Ord Gi* hotspots were calculated based on the number of individuals in grid cells for each species and for phyloge-netic groups (nine pinnipeds, ...
    • Prolonged chemical restraint of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) with etorphine supplemented with medetomidine 

      Griffiths, David; Born, Erik W.; Acquarone, Mario (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Physiological studies involving the use of isotopic water required chemical restraint of free- ranging walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) for several hours. In August 2000, six male walrus (total body mass: 1050–1550 kg) were immobilized in East Greenland by remote delivery of 8.0–9.8 mg of etorphine and subsequently restrained for up to 6.75 h by administration of medetomidine. The effects of etorphine ...
    • Seroprevalence for Brucella spp. in Baltic ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and East Greenland harp (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals 

      Sonne, Christian; Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Rajala, Elisabeth; Agerholm, Jørgen S.; Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Eva; Desforges, Jean-Pierre; Eulaers, Igor; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Koch, Anders; Rosings-Asvid, Aqqualu; Siebert, Ursula; Tryland, Morten; Mulvad, Gert; Härkönen, Tero; Acquarone, Mario; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Dietz, Rune; Magnusson, Ulf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-12)
      Zoonotic infections transmitted from marine mammals to humans in the Baltic and European Arctic are of unknown significance, despite given considerable potential for transmission due to local hunt. Here we present results of an initial screening for <i>Brucella</i> spp. in Arctic and Baltic seal species. Baltic ringed seals (<i>Pusa hispida</i>, n = 12) sampled in October 2015 and Greenland Sea harp ...