Summer Foraging Activity and Movements of Radio-Tagged Common Seals (Phoca vitulina. L.) in the Moray Firth, Scotland

1990/08/01 by Paul M. Thompson, David Miller, David W. Miller · 119 citations
Environmental Science · #Biology #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Ecology #Firth #Fishery #Foraging #Geography #Geology #Harbor seal #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Marine animal studies overview #Oceanography #Phoca #Zoology

paper · doi:10.2307/2404296

published in Journal of Applied Ecology 27(2), 492 (Wiley)

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Abstract

Paul M. Thompson, David Miller, Summer Foraging Activity and Movements of Radio-Tagged Common Seals (Phoca vitulina. L.) in the Moray Firth, Scotland, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Aug., 1990), pp. 492-501

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