Seasonal distribution and dive behaviour of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) of the White Sea-Barents Sea stock

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1119-1135

  Nordøy, Erling S ^a   Folkow, Lars P ^a   Potelov, Vladimir ^b   Prischemikhin, Vitaly ^b   Blix, Arnoldus Schytte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Capelin; Harp seal; Mallotus villosus; Pinnipeds; Predation; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUPEOID; DIVING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; MIGRATION; MOLT; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TELEOST;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; WHITE SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PINNIPEDIA; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 48449085242     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0453-9     Document Type: Article

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