Understanding the diet composition of marine mammals: Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1230-1239

  Lundström, Karl ^a   Hjerne, Olle ^b   Lunneryd, Sven Gunnar ^a   Karlsson, Olle ^c  

^a Swedish Board of Fisheries   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; canonical correspondence analysis; diet; grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; marine mammals

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; PINNIPED; SAMPLING; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 77955912502     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq022     Document Type: Article

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