Seal predation on salmon and forage fish schools as a function of tidal currents in the San Juan Islands, Washington, USA

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-366

  Zamon, Jeannette E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina); Herring (Clupea harengus); Predator prey interactions; Salmon (Oncorhynchus); San Juan Islands; Sandlance (Ammodytes hexapterus); Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TIDAL CURRENT;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSI; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PISCES;

EID: 0035664799     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2001.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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