Movement, diving and foraging success in a large, sexually dimorphic marine predator: Insights from telemetry.

• Main Author: Austin, Deborah.
• Other Authors: Ph.D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Dalhousie University 2014
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Oceanography; Zoology; Canada; Levy; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54675

Establishing where and when predators forage is essential to understanding trophic interactions. Recently, the abundance of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Northwest Atlantic has raised concerns about the impact of predation on commercial fish species. However, current predation models are li...