Sex‐specific diet differences in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) via spatial assortment

Abstract The lack of recovery of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Pacific Northwest has been blamed in part on predation by pinnipeds, particularly the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Previous work at a limited number of locations has shown that male seal diet contains more salmon than...

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Published in:Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors: Holland C. Conwell, Zoë K. Lewis, Austen Thomas, Alejandro Acevedo‐Gutiérrez, Dietmar Schwarz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024
Subjects:
diet analysis
DNA metabarcoding
marine mammals
predator–prey interactions
sex identification
sites of conservation concern
Ecology
QH540-549.5
harbor seal
Phoca vitulina
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11417
https://doaj.org/article/7f53ba12297f44199eee174793ca4a2b

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