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Habitat use, spatial ecology, and stable isotope variability of the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) along the Oregon coast

Creator:

Steingass, Sheanna M.

Abstract:

Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) are one of Oregon’s most common coastal predators, numbering between 10,000 and 12,000 individuals (Brown et al. 2005b). They consume more than 149 species or types of marine prey within the Pacific Northwest, which include a large variety of commercially important fisheries species. Despite...

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Dissertation

Full Text:

, O’Hara TM, Taylor RJ, Bratton GR, Harvey JT. 2008. Total mercury body burden in Pacific harbor seal