Early Spring Feeding Habits of Bearded Seals (Erignathus Barbatus) in the Central Bering Sea, 1981

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Antonelis, George A., Melin, Sharon R., Bukhtiyarov, Yurii A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal food; Biological sampling; Eelpouts; Fishes; Internal organs; Invertebrates; Marine fauna; Necropsy; Predation; Pricklebacks; Seals (Animals); Seasonal variations; Wildlife habitat; Bering Sea; St. Matthew Island waters; Alaska; Barbu; Phoques; Arctic; bearded seal; Chionoecetes opilio; Erignathus barbatus; Mer de Béring; Phoque barbu; Snow crab; St Matthew Island; lotte
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64329

The diet of bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus, near St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea, was studied during the early spring of 1981. Eighty-six percent of the 78 seals' stomachs examined contained fish. Other prey taxon groups, in decreasing order of their percentages of occurrence, were crabs (73...