Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Dispatch
Phocine Distemper Outbreak, the Netherlands, 2002
Jolianne M. Rijks*†‡, Marco W.G. Van de Bildt‡, Trine H. Jensen§, Joost D.W. Philippa‡, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus*†‡, and Thijs Kuiken*†‡
Figure 2
Figure 2. Effects of environmental variables on seal strandings in the Netherlands during the 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemic. A) Effect of wind direction and force on temporal distribution of stranded seals. Stranding rate of seals is expressed as number of seals reported per day. The wind factor is a function of wind force and wind direction. Negative wind factors correspond to southerly winds. B) Effect of state of decomposition on temporal distribution of stranded harbor seals, overall and per location. Percentages of decomposed seals are expressed per month.
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