Sentences with phrase «affect sea lions»

So when algal populations explode, say, because of warming water, domoic acid concentrations increase in these animals to a point that they affect the sea lions that feast on them.

If consumed in sufficient quantities, the toxin can affect sea lions, birds and humans.

Not exact matches

The scientists did not study how changes in fish species affect the composition and quality of milk that mother sea lions feed their pups, which affects the growth of the pups.

That suggests that the removal of a limited number of sea lions in such programs is unlikely to affect the population as a whole, Melin said.

More recent critics of the animals» deployment to the Washington base were concerned about how the cold waters might affect the dolphins and about both dolphin and sea lions» waste polluting the shellfish harvest areas nearby.

Sea lions are only one example of the species affected by a changing environment, but they also may be more vulnerable than more mobile whales, dolphins and porpoises, Barlow said.

It affects dogs, cats, and other mammals such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions, and in rare instances humans.

Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats, ferrets, and other non-companion mammals including wolves, coyotes, foxes, and sea lions.

Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats, ferrets, sea lions, foxes, wolves, and other canids.

Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats and ferrets, but heartworms also live in other mammal species, including wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions and — in rare instances — humans.

Heartworm disease affects mammals — dogs, cats, ferrets, wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions — and very rarely, humans.

Learn about one culprit, domoic acid, and how it's produced, how seals and sea lions are affected, and why El Niño exacerbates its effects.

Scientists say that the unusually warm waters that have been affecting food availability for mother sea lions near the Channel Islands have also been affecting the waters near Guadalupe Island.

Sub-lethal effects of domoic acid on California sea lions, sentinels of ocean change that affect human health.

Sea lions and seals can become dangerous when severely affected by ASP.

During this period, major disturbances occurred throughout the entire California Current ecosystem including mortality events of sea lions, fur seals, common murres, and Cassin's auklets, as wellasa persistent toxic algae bloom that affected the clam harvest season and the crab, sardine, and anchovy fishing seasons.