Reaction of harbor seals to cruise ships

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1186-1194

  Jansen, John K ^a   Boveng, Peter L ^a   Dahle, Shawn P ^a   Bengtson, John L ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; cruise ships; disturbance; energetics; harbor seal; haul out behavior; Phoca vitulina; predation; survival analysis; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOATING ICE; GROUP SIZE; GUIDELINE; HARBOR; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ALASKA; DISENCHANTMENT BAY; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 77955081882     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-192     Document Type: Article

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