Occurrence of killer whales in Scottish inshore waters: Temporal and spatial patterns relative to the distribution of declining harbour seal populations

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Bolt, Harriet E ^a   Harvey, Paul V ^b   Mandleberg, Laura ^c   Foote, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Shetland Biological Records Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harbour seal; Killer whale; Orcinus orca; Predation; Scotland; Top down forcing

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 70349156451     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1030     Document Type: Article

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