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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
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CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2021-0205
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whisker; vibrissa; growth rates; Phoca vitulina; harbor seal
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- National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF) [28217]
- National Ma-rine Fisheries Service (NMFS) [NA11NMF4390200]
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Accurate estimation of whisker growth and shedding timing is crucial for interpreting biochemical information. This study examined harbor seal whisker growth and shedding and found an asymptotic growth pattern as well as significant variation in shedding dates among individuals and follicle positions.
Accurate and precise estimates of the timing of whisker growth and shedding are necessary to interpret biochemical information stored in whiskers. This fine-scale examination of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758) whisker growth and shedding identified an asymptotic growth pattern with initial rapid growth that decays over time that can be defined with the von Bertalanffy curve. Initial growth rates were similar among whiskers, but estimated growth coefficients (K) and asymptotic lengths (L infinity) differed by follicle positions suggesting that differences in total whisker lengths result from dissimilarly shaped growth curves. In other words, longer whisker length is attained by delaying the growth rate decay. There was substantial intraand interseal variation in shedding dates; whisker shedding began at the caudal margin of the whisker bed and progressed toward the nose. Shedding of marked whiskers from the three study seals took from 78 to 133 days; however, selecting whiskers only from the most caudal follicle of the bottom three rows constrained the period of whisker shedding to 7-43 days. These differences in growth and shedding of harbor seal whiskers emphasize the importance of considering follicle position to select whiskers that are the most similar for analyses of information stored in whiskers.
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