Comparative habitat use and foraging behaviour of harbour seals and grey seals in Western Norway

• Main Author: Bjørge, Arne
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1995
• Subjects: harbour seal; steinkobbe; grey seal; havert; fish behaviour; fiskeatferd; migration patterns; vandringsmønster; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ethology: 485; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Norway; Froan
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105461

Adult harbour seals at Froan nature reserve, Central Norway, were tagged with VHF radio tags and depthvelocity, hart rate and stomach temperature sensors combined with ultrasonic transmitters. An automatic shore based VHF station received and logged information on surfacing intervals, surface times,...