Stability in The Proportion of Harbor Seals Hauled Out Under Locally Ideal Conditions

• Main Authors: Simpkins, Michael, Withrow, David, Cesarone, Jack, Boveng, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2003
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Grand Island; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/145; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usdeptcommercepub/article/1151/viewcontent/Boveng_MMS_2003_Stability_in_proportion.pdf

We monitored the haul-out behavior of 68 radio-tagged harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt season at two Alaskan haul-out sites (Grand Island, August-September 1994; Nanvak Bay, August-September 2000). For each site, we created a statistical model of the proportion of seals hauled out as a...