Summer diet of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in Faroese waters

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Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 462-471

  Mikkelsen, Bjarni ^a,c   Haug, Tore ^b   Nilssen, Kjell Tormod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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

^c Faroese Museum of Natural History   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Diet; Faroe Islands; Grey seals; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES SP.; ANARHICHAS LUPUS; ANIMALIA; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036975147     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036482021000155745     Document Type: Article

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