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Post-Breeding Season Migrations of a Top Predator, the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), from a Marine Protected Area in Alaska

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Womble, Jamie N. and Gende, Scott M.

Abstract:

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being used as a conservation tool for highly mobile marine vertebrates and the focus is typically on protecting breeding areas where individuals are aggregated seasonally. Yet movements during the non-breeding season can overlap with threats that may be equally as important to population dynamics....

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Prince William Sound (Figures 2, 3, 4, 5). Some seals traveled up to 900 km away (minimum one-way