Trends in stranding and by-catch rates of gray and harbor seals along the northeastern coast of the United States: Evidence of divergence in the abundance of two sympatric phocid species?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Johnston, David W ^a   Frungillo, Jaime ^a   Smith, Ainsley ^a,b   Moore, Katie ^c   Sharp, Brian ^c   Schuh, Janelle ^d   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Integrated Statistics   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^d Sea Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHOCA VITULINA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOCA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84941781041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131660     Document Type: Article

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