Recent Trends in the Abundance of Harbour Seals, Phoca vitulina , in British Columbia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Olesiuk, Peter F., Bigg, Michael A., Ellis, Graeme M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Queen Charlotte; Skeena; Skeena River; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-114; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f90-114

Aerial censuses of harbour seals (Phoca vituiina) were conducted in the Strait of Georgia (1966–88), the lower Skeena River (1977–87), off the southwest coast of Vancouver island (1976–87), off the northeast coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (1986), in Jervis Inlet (1987), and at the entrance to...