Winter foraging by a top predator, the grey seal Halichoerus grypus, in relation to the distribution of prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 462, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-286

  Harvey, V ^a   Hammill, M O ^a   Swain, D P ^b   Breed, G A ^c   Lydersen, C ^d   Kovacs, K M ^d  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod; First passage time; Foraging areas; Groundfish; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Marine predator; Spatial overlap

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIET; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; OVERWINTERING; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ALASKA; ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CABOT STRAIT; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865410540     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09844     Document Type: Article

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