Examining Space Use of Foraging Gray Seals (Halichoerus grypus) off the New England Coast

• Main Author: Smith, Beatrice C.
• Other Authors: Halpin, Patrick
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Gray Seal; Atlantic Cod; Foraging Ecology; Species Distribution; Space Use; Protected species management; Gam; atlantic cod; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10161/22652

The Gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a highly migratory large phocid species occurring in the waters of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. After severe depletion during the 19th and 20th century, this species has recolonized southerly US habitats around the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Cape Cod, resulting in...