Photo-identification, site fidelity, and movement of female gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) between haul-outs in the Baltic Sea

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 628-634

  Karlsson, Olle ^a,b   Hiby, Lex ^c,d   Lundberg, Torkel ^d   Jüssi, Mart ^d,e   Jüssi, Ivar ^d,e   Helander, Björn ^a,d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Box 50007 ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Conservation Research Ltd ^*  (Estonia)

^e Eestimaa Looduse Fond   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE MAMMAL; MOBILITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SITE FIDELITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 31544447431     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.8.628     Document Type: Article

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24. This project was funded with grants from the Swedish World Wide Fund for Nature/WWF Sweden, the Swedish Environment Protection Agency, and the Swedish Project "Sälar och Fiske" ("Seals and Fisheries") to Björn Helander at the Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. We thank Gunilla Hamne, Erik Isaksson, Peter Lögdberg, Erik Rehnström, Håkan Sahlin, and Lars Wallin for field assistance. The manuscript was improved by comments from Christer Wiklund, Anders Angerbjörn, and two anonymous referees.
25. First submitted 28 Aug. 2003. Revised manuscript received 29 Nov. 2004. Accepted for publication 1 Dec. 2004.