Gastroliths in the harp seal Phoca Groenlandica
An adult harp seal, caught by accident in a gill net during the peak of the seal invasions along the northern coasts of Norway (1986/87), was found to have eaten 2.466 kg of stones with masses up to 265 g. Different theories to why harp seals on occasion deliberately eat stones, with particular emph...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/1957 2024-09-15T18:10:47+00:00 Gastroliths in the harp seal Phoca Groenlandica Nordøy, Erling Sverre 1995-01-12 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1957 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i3.6673 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1957/5206 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1957 doi:10.3402/polar.v14i3.6673 Polar Research; Vol. 14 No. 3 (1995); 335-338 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1995 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i3.6673 2024-06-28T03:10:15Z An adult harp seal, caught by accident in a gill net during the peak of the seal invasions along the northern coasts of Norway (1986/87), was found to have eaten 2.466 kg of stones with masses up to 265 g. Different theories to why harp seals on occasion deliberately eat stones, with particular emphasis on the hypothesis that these may aid in the physical breakdown of fish flesh and hard fish bones, are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica Polar Research Polar Research Polar Research 14 3 335 338 |
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An adult harp seal, caught by accident in a gill net during the peak of the seal invasions along the northern coasts of Norway (1986/87), was found to have eaten 2.466 kg of stones with masses up to 265 g. Different theories to why harp seals on occasion deliberately eat stones, with particular emphasis on the hypothesis that these may aid in the physical breakdown of fish flesh and hard fish bones, are discussed. |
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Gastroliths in the harp seal Phoca Groenlandica |
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