Linking northern fur seal behavior with prey distributions: the impact of temporal mismatch between predator studies and prey surveys

• Main Authors: Kuhn, Carey E, Sterling, Jeremy T, Zeppelin, Tonya K
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Callorhinus ursinus; Dive behavior; Satellite telemetry; Walleye pollock; Bering Shelf; Alaska; Northern fur seal
• Online Access: http://www.animalbiotelemetry.com/content/3/1/26

Abstract Background An essential part of foraging ecology research is identifying how the distribution and abundance of prey influence predator behavior. However, in marine systems, temporal or spatial mismatches often exist between prey surveys and predator tracking periods, especially for species...