Foraging distribution of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in a highly impacted estuary

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 282-293

  Grigg, Emma K ^a   Allen, Sara G ^b   Craven Green, Deborah E ^c   Klimley, A Peter ^a   Markowitz, Hal ^d   Elliott Fisk, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

central place forager; disturbance; geographic information system; habitat use; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina; satellite telemetry; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTELEMETRY; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GIS; HABITAT USE; HABITUATION; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII;

EID: 84857333922     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-128.1     Document Type: Article

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