Diet of harbour seals in a salmon estuary in North-West Iceland

• Published in: Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
• Main Authors: Granquist, Sandra, Hauksson, Erlingur
• Other Authors: Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ), Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI), Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands, Agricultural University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Agricultural University of Iceland 2016
• Subjects: Seals; Hard-part analysis; Selir; Fæðuöflun dýra; harbour seal; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/465

The effect of harbour seal predation on salmonids has been frequently debated, although interactions between these species have never been thoroughly investigated in Icelandic waters prior to this study. We investigated the diet of harbour seals in a salmon estuary in NW Iceland between 2009 and 201...