Episode 4: Baikal Lake and Freshwater Seals

On this week’s episode, Stevie Foxette discusses Lake Baikal and Baikal seals, the only species of seal that only lives in freshwater.

Inspiring post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Awwducational/comments/cigvh8/baikal_seals_also_known_as_nerpa_are_the_worlds/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Sources:

• Hampton, S.E., L.R. Izmest’eva, M.V. Moore, S.L. Katz, B. Dennis, E.A. Silow. (2008). Sixty years of environmental change in the world’s largest freshwater lake - Lake Baikal, Siberia. Global Change Biology, 14: 1947-1958. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01616.x

• Miyazaki, N. (2018). Baikal seal: Pusa sibirica. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd ed: 57-58.

• Wikipedia contributors. (2019, July 16). Lake Baikal. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:08, July 29, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Baikal&oldid=906561459

• Wikipedia contributors. (2019, July 5). Oligocene. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:08, July 29, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oligocene&oldid=904898732