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Seasonal movements of hooded seals tagged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

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Hooded seals were tagged as pups (N = 1186) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between 1975 and 1984. A total of 76 tags have been recovered or resighted. These recoveries indicate a dispersal from the Gulf in the spring to Greenland waters during the summer, and confirm that some seals marked as pups in the Gulf return as adults to this area during the whelping season.

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  1. Institut Maurice Lamontagne, C.P. 1000, G5H 3Z4, Mont Joli, Qc., Canada

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Hammill, M.O. Seasonal movements of hooded seals tagged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Polar Biol 13, 307–310 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238357

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