Variations in harbour seal Phoca vitulina diet and dive‐depths in relation to foraging habitat

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Tollit, D. J., Black, A. D., Thompson, P. M., Mackay, A., Corpe, H. M., Wilson, B., Van Parijs, S. M., Grellier, K., Parlane, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1998
• Subjects: Härkönen; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00026.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1998.tb00026.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00026.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00026.x

Abstract We use information on the at‐sea distribution of radio‐tagged seals to identify the summer foraging areas used by 31 harbour seals from two different haul‐out sites in the Moray Firth, N.E. Scotland. We then determine whether seals tend to occur over particular sediment types or water depth...