Do harp seals Phoca groenlandica exhibit particular prey preferences?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 941-953

  Lindstrom U ^a   Harbitz, A ^a   Haug, Tore ^a   Nilssen, K T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Diet; Harp seal; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; SEAL (ANIMAL);

BARENTS SEA;

ANIMALIA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; GADUS MORHUA; LIBELLULA; PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; THYSANOESSA;

EID: 0032192259     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0367     Document Type: Article

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