Do resource declines increase predation rates on North Pacific harbor seals? A behavior-based plausibility model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 265-275

  Frid, Alejandro ^a   Baker, Gregory G ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic state variable model; Harbor seal; Indirect interactions; Optimal diving; Phoca vitulina; Pinniped declines; Predation risk; Prince William Sound; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED; PREDATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA; SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 33744502613     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps312265     Document Type: Article

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