Harbor seal foraging response to a seasonal resource pulse, spawning Pacific herring

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 441, Issue , 2011, Pages 225-239

  Thomas, Austen C ^a,c   Lance, Monique M ^b   Jeffries, Steven J ^b   Miner, Benjamin G ^a   Acevedo Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Diving; Marine Predators; Phoca vitulina; Resource pulse; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLUPEOID; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HARBOR; JUVENILE; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SPAWNING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 81255172378     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09370     Document Type: Article

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