Predation by seals on salmonids in two Scottish estuaries

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-225

  Carter, T J ^a,b,c   Pierce, G J ^a,b,c   Hislop, J R G ^a,b,c   Houseman, J A ^a,b,c   Boyle, P R ^a,b,c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Estuaries; Fisheries interactions; Grey seals; Harbour seals

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID FISHERY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034992182     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2001.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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