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- Title
DIVING BEHAVIOR OF SUBADULT AND ADULT HARBOR SEALS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA.
- Authors
Frost, Kathryn J.; Simpkins, Michael A.; Lowry, Lloyd F.
- Abstract
Reports on a study in which satellite-linked depth recorders (SDRs) were attached to 47 harbor seals in Prince William Sound, Alaska, during 1992-1996. Calculation and analyzation of parameters describing diving effort, diving focus, and focal depth; How this analysis method accounted for individual variability, temporal autocorrelation, and the binned nature of SDR data; Results; Suggestion that seals move in winter to regions where prey are found deeper in the water column; Conclusions on variations in diving behavior.
- Subjects
PRINCE William Sound (Alaska); UNITED States; HARBOR seal; SEALS (Animals); ANIMAL behavior; BIOTELEMETRY; PHOCA
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2001, Vol 17, Issue 4, p813
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01300.x