Harbour seal pup facing the camera with a dip net in the background right and an orange pyrimidal tag glued to the top of its head

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We characterized neonatal growth patterns in harbour seal pups in the St. Lawrence Estuary. We found that neonatal growth is nonlinear. Males are born heavier than females and large pups at birth tend to gain more mass than small pups
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Neonatal growth patterns, sexual dimorphism and compensatory growth in harbour seal pups Juvenile survival, a fundamental parameter in the population dynamics of long-lived species, is often tightly linked to early-life body growth. Here, based on repeated mass measurements on 555...

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My second chapter of my master got published last week!
Found out more about neonatal growth patterns, sexual dimorphism and compensatory growth in harbour seal pups 🦭
It's here —> www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

TWS Journals We used an umbilicus-based method to estimate reliable birth dates in a wild population of harbour seals living in the St. Lawrence estuary between 1998 and 2023. We show that our method is accurate ...

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My first MSc chapter is finally published!

If you wonder how we accurately and precisely estimate age and birthdates of harbour seal pups, read this very cool paper we did! 🦭

Stay tuned for chapter 2!

wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

MSc = done ✅️

So grateful for these couple past years of learning, meeting people, catching seals and making fond memories! 🦭

I am immensely thankful for my supervisor Pre. Fanie Pelletier, and co-supervisor Dr. Xavier Bordeleau!

Now, what's next ?