Diet of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Mull and Skye (Inner Hebrides, western Scotland)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 647-650

  Pierce, G J ^a   Santos, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; PINNIPED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMMODYTIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADIFORMES; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038399825     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007604h     Document Type: Article

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