Visual estimates of seal abundance from aerial surveys conducted by a Cessna-185 in the San Juan Islands, Salish Sea in 2008 (Seal_response_to_prey project)

• 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; Pacific; Georgia Basin; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:72e0ff5a0a7fddbca630635b574367db645aa15ed32ea69a6ec06159f5e89e0c

<p>Number of seals counted during several aerial surveys of the Salish Sea during July and August of 2008. Data are also available from <a href=\"http://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset.cfm?id=14099&amp;flag=view\">2007 surveys</a>.</p> <p><b>Related publications:</b> (Both available from <a href=\"http://biol.wwu.edu/mbel/?page=papers\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Acevedo's lab website</a>.)<br /> <b>Howard</b>, S. 2009. Seasonal energy budgets to model energy use and prey consumption in harbor seals (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) in the San Juan Islands, WA. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.<br /> <b>Hardee</b>, S. 2008. Movements and home ranges of harbor seals (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) in the Georgia Basin: implications for marine reservinland waters of the Pacific Northwest. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.</p>