Resident harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska: Summer diet and partial consumption of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-309

  Hauser, Donna D W ^a,b   Allen, Christopher S ^a   Rich Jr , Harry B ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption patterns; Freshwater harbor seal; Iliamna Lake; Oncorhynchus nerka nerka; Phoca vitulina; Scat analysis; Seasonal prey; Selective predation; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

DIET; PINNIPED; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND;

ALASKA; ILIAMNA LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COTTIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; OSMERIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 59949093802     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.3.2008.303     Document Type: Article

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