Dispersal and bycatch mortality in gray, Halichoerus grypus, and harbor, Phoca vitulina, seals tagged at the Norwegian coast

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 963-976

  Bjørge, Arne ^a   Øien, Nils ^a   Hartvedt, Siri ^a   Bøthun, Gjermund ^a   Bekkby, Trine ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gray seals; Halichoerus grypus; Harbor seals; Incidental mortality; Phoca vitulina; Tagging

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DISPERSAL; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; TAGGING;

NORWAY;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036774370     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01085.x     Document Type: Article

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