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- Title
The First Data on the Use of the Pacific Ocean Area by the Okhotsk Population of the Spotted Seal Phoca largha.
- Authors
Solovyeva, M. A.; Kuznetsova, D. M.; Glazov, D. M.; Burkanov, V. N.; Rozhnov, V. V.
- Abstract
Using satellite telemetry, it is reported for the first time that spotted seals (Phoca largha) inhabiting the west coast of Kamchatka (Sea of Okhotsk) during the feeding season are able to move into the Pacific Ocean and migrate along the coast far northwards. Seals from the Bering and Okhotsk seas use Kamchatka Bay on the Pacific coast of Kamchatka. These data question the existing opinion about the isolation of the spotted seal populations of these areas. Animals migrate into the Pacific Ocean through the First Kurilsky Strait, which seems to be a migratory corridor for the spotted seal during the feeding period. The water area of this strait is also used by tagged seals during local movements along the Shumshu and Paramushir islands.
- Subjects
FIRST Data Corp.; SATELLITE telemetry; OCEAN; MIGRATORY animals; STRAITS
- Publication
Biology Bulletin, 2021, Vol 48, Issue 1, pS219
- ISSN
1062-3590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1062359021140181