THE DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE AND SELECTED PREY OF THE HARBOR SEAL, PHOCA VITULINA CONCOLOR, IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Payne, P. Michael, Selzer, Lawrence A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Long Island; Long Island Sound; Nantucket; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1989.tb00331.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1989.tb00331.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1989.tb00331.x

A bstract The seasonal distribution and abundance of harbor seals occurring south of Maine were documented by counting the number of seals at traditional haulout locations. The average number of seals counted during each survey in Massachusetts and New Hampshire was 3,560 ± 255 (95% CI), 1983–1987....