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The Use of a Remote Surveillance System for Monitoring the Reproductive Grouping of the Spotted Seal (Phoca largha Pallas, 1811) in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan

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An autonomous system of remote audio and video surveillance of marine mammal activity has been designed and installed in the Far Eastern Marine Biosphere Nature Reserve (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) for monitoring the condition of the spotted seal (Phoca largha Pallas, 1811) population in the reproductive zone. This system makes it possible to collect information on animals without affecting their natural behavior.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to all who participated in the implementation of the idea to use remote surveillance for monitoring the condition of the spotted seal reproductive grouping. Special thanks are due to the administration of the Far Eastern Marine Biosphere State Nature Reserve, its Director N.A. Yakushevsky, inspector S.G. Minov, and also to OOO Kordon-Inform and its Director N.M. Getman.

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  1. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia

    I. O. Katin

  2. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    V. A. Nesterenko

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Katin, I.O., Nesterenko, V.A. The Use of a Remote Surveillance System for Monitoring the Reproductive Grouping of the Spotted Seal (Phoca largha Pallas, 1811) in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Russ J Mar Biol 47, 64–67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074021010041

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