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## Abstract In 2002 phocine distemper virus (PDV) reappeared in the European harbour seal (__Phoca vitulina__) population. This outbreak seems to have followed a similar pattern to the 1988 one which killed almost 60% of individuals in most localities. Harding __et al.__ (2002) suggested that there is a relatively high (18%) risk that recurrent outbreaks of PDV could reduce the European harbour seal population by 90%. We show that incorporating the effects of observation error during population surveys and of the long‐term immunity of survivors of morbillivirus outbreaks indicate a much lower level of risk (<1%). This suggests that, while the immediate effects of the disease are dramatic, it is unlikely that recurrent epidemics will pose serious conservation problems for this species under current conditions.
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- Author
- Mike Lonergan; John Harwood
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1461-023X)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)