Harp seal foraging behaviour during summer around Svalbard in the northern Barents Sea: Diet composition and the selection of prey

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-320

  Lindstrøm, Ulf ^a   Nilssen, Kjell T ^a   Pettersen, Line M S ^b   Haug, Tore ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Diets; Harp seals; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; SUMMER; SURVEY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GADIFORMES; MALLOTUS (FISH); PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 84873990260     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1260-x     Document Type: Article

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