Summary of prey groups found in harbor seal scat samples from the San Juan Islands analyzed at the Acevedo lab at Western Washington University during 2005-2008 (Seal_response_to_prey project)

<p>Frequency of occurrence of taxonomic groups of prey identified in harbor seal scat samples collected from 2005 to 2008, summarized by region and season. Four regions of the San Juan Islands of Washington state were sampled: Eastern Bays, Rosario Strait, San Juan Channel, and the Southern St...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, Jeffrey F Bromaghin, Steven J Jeffries, John M Kennish, Monique M Lance, Philip S. Levin
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2012
Subjects:
oceans
San Juan
Rosario
harbor seal
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:223696d17e87113fb88b4728723cb9f91d0e4f76b75bf8e3d56db5b01f5d029f
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Summary:<p>Frequency of occurrence of taxonomic groups of prey identified in harbor seal scat samples collected from 2005 to 2008, summarized by region and season. Four regions of the San Juan Islands of Washington state were sampled: Eastern Bays, Rosario Strait, San Juan Channel, and the Southern Strait of Georgia.</p> <p>Also see the related dataset, seal_prey_species_counts (<a href=\"https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3817\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3817</a>), where counts are provided for individual species by season (with no distinction between sampling regions).</p> <p>Data and methods, including sample sizes, are described in:<br /> <strong>Lance</strong>, M. M., Chang, W.-Y., Jeffries, S. J., Pearson, S. F. &amp; Acevedo-Gutierrez, A. 2012. Harbor seal diet in northern Puget Sound: implications for the recovery of depressed fish stocks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 464:257-271. DOI:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09880\" target=\"_blank\">10.3354/meps09880</a></p>

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