ARCTIC Early Spring Feeding Habits of Bearded Seals

• Main Authors: George A. Antonelis, Sharon R. Melin, Yurii A. Bukhtiyarov
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Barbu; Bering Sea; bearded seal; Chionoecetes opilio; Erignathus barbatus; Phoque barbu; Snow crab; St Matthew Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.2668; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic47-1-74.pdf

ABSTRACT. The diet of bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus, near St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea, was studied during the early spring of 1981. Eighty-six percent of the 78 seals ’ stomachs examined contained fish. Other prey taxon groups, in decreasing order of their percentages of occurrence, were cra...