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- Title
MOVEMENTS OF SATELLITE-TAGGED SUBADULT AND ADULT HARBOR SEALS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA.
- Authors
Lowry, Lloyd F.; Frost, Kathryn J.; Ver Hoef, Jay M.; DeLong, Robert A.
- Abstract
Reports on a study in which satellite-linked tags were attached to 49 subadult and adult harbor seals captured in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, and their movements monitored during 1992-1997. Details of tracking and locating seals; Movements of juvenile and adult seals; Home ranges; Observations on movements; Mean monthly home ranges; Mean haul-out to at-sea distance; Conclusion that satellite-linked tags provided an effective means of monitoring and describing the full range of harbor seal movements in this region, with the exception of late summer when tags were shed during the molt.
- Subjects
PRINCE William Sound (Alaska); ALASKA; UNITED States; HARBOR seal; PHOCA; ANIMAL populations; ANIMAL behavior; FORAGING behavior; HOME range (Animal geography); SURVIVAL behavior (Animals)
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2001, Vol 17, Issue 4, p835
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01301.x