Selective foraging by harp seals Phoca groenlandica in nearshore and offshore waters of Newfoundland, 1993 and 1994

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-10

  Lawson, John W ^a   Anderson, John T ^b   Dalley, Edgar L ^b   Stenson, Garry B ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic cod; Capelin; Chesson's selectivity index; Harp seal

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING; HARP SEAL; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP; PREY SELECTION;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 0032510544     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163001     Document Type: Article

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