Marine mammal predator-prey interactions in the North Sea

• Main Author: Ransijn, Janneke
• Other Authors: Smout, Sophie, Hammond, Philip S., University of St Andrews. School of Biology, Spragge Conservation Scholarship
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of St Andrews 2023
• Subjects: Marine mammal; Predator-prey interactions; Multi-species functional response; Sandeel; Harbour porpoise; Harbour seal; Grey seal; North Sea; Prey switching; Distribution; QL758.R2; Predation (Biology); Marine mammals > North Sea; Porpoise Harbour; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/27182; https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/346

Trophic levels within an ecosystem are linked by the functional response which describes how the consumption rate of a predator varies in relation to prey density. Knowledge of functional responses is key to understanding predator-prey interactions, population dynamics, predation pressure, prey pref...