Diet of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in a fjord of West Svalbard

ABSTRACT. Stomachs of 134 ringed seals from West Svalbard (Kongsfjorden) and East Svalbard (drift ice) were examined. Twenty-four prey taxa were found. The most important items were arctic cod (Boreogadus suida), shrimp (Pandalus boteulis), krill (Z'hyxunoessa inermis) and the arnphipod Themist...

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Main Authors: J. Marcin Weslawski, Nils Are Oritsland
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1994
Subjects:
Arctic
Phoques
Svalbard
Arctic cod
Kongsfjord*
Kongsfjorden
Phoca hispida
Themisto
Themisto libellula
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.570.6083
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic47-2-109.pdf

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