Current status of hooded seals in the Greenland Sea. Victims of climate change and predation?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-36

  Øigård, Tor Arne ^a   Haug, Tore ^a   Nilssen, Kjell Tormod ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial photos; Age structured population model; Hooded seals; Management; Pup production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION STATUS; HARVESTING; PINNIPED; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84896854125     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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