Disturbance of harbor seals by vessels in Johns Hopkins Inlet, Glacier Bay, AK

• Main Author: Young, Colleen
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SJSU ScholarWorks 2009
• Subjects: behavior; disturbance; energetics; Glacier Bay; harbor seal; vessel; Pacific; Hopkins Inlet; glacier; Phoca vitulina; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/3351; https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.9rnr-q3u4; https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/context/etd_theses/article/4347/viewcontent/.PDF

Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) abundance in John Hopkins Inlet (JHI), a glacial fjord in Glacier Bay National Park (GBNP), Alaska, has been decreasing at a concerning rate. Disease, increased predation, emigration, depletion of prey resources, and disturbance by vessels all have been...