Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland
This study has shown that the main constituents of the diet of the harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) of Dundrum Bay, County Down, north-east Ireland, during the past few years (1995–2000) have been small flatfish and gadid fish, with the emphasis shifting from the beginning to the end of the study pe...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315402006549 2024-09-15T18:30:21+00:00 Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland Wilson, Susan C. Pierce, Graham J. Higgins, Catherine M. Armstrong, Michael J. 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315402006549 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315402006549 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 82, issue 6, page 1009-1018 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 journal-article 2002 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315402006549 2024-07-24T04:01:03Z This study has shown that the main constituents of the diet of the harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) of Dundrum Bay, County Down, north-east Ireland, during the past few years (1995–2000) have been small flatfish and gadid fish, with the emphasis shifting from the beginning to the end of the study period from flatfish to gadids, principally whiting and haddock/pollack/saithe. During both 1995 and 1996 the diet of post-weaning pups consisted almost entirely of small gadid fish. The implications of this relatively poor diet, apparently deficient in oily fish, are considered—together with information on fish stocks in the north-west Irish Sea in recent years—in the context of an apparent decline both in the breeding population of harbour seals along the County Down coast and in the play behaviour of juvenile seals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca vitulina Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82 6 1009 1018 |
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This study has shown that the main constituents of the diet of the harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) of Dundrum Bay, County Down, north-east Ireland, during the past few years (1995–2000) have been small flatfish and gadid fish, with the emphasis shifting from the beginning to the end of the study period from flatfish to gadids, principally whiting and haddock/pollack/saithe. During both 1995 and 1996 the diet of post-weaning pups consisted almost entirely of small gadid fish. The implications of this relatively poor diet, apparently deficient in oily fish, are considered—together with information on fish stocks in the north-west Irish Sea in recent years—in the context of an apparent decline both in the breeding population of harbour seals along the County Down coast and in the play behaviour of juvenile seals. |
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Wilson, Susan C. Pierce, Graham J. Higgins, Catherine M. Armstrong, Michael J. Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland |
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Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland |
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Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland |
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Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland |
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Diet of the harbour seals Phoca vitulina of Dundrum Bay, north-east Ireland |
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