Harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) abundance within the Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary, Scotland:recent trends and extrapolation to extinction

1. Aerial surveys have detected alarming declines in counts of harbour seals in several regions across Scotland. 2. Demographic data and simple models were used to examine the recent decline in the numbers of harbour seals counted in one population within a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) on the...

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Published in:Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Main Authors: Hanson, Nora, Thompson, Dave, Duck, Callan, Baxter, John, Lonergan, Mike
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Coastal
Littoral
Monitoring
Special Area of Conservation
Conservation evaluation
Mammals
Firth of Tay
Tay
harbour seal
Phoca vitulina
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/harbour-seal-phoca-vitulina-abundance-within-the-firth-of-tay-and-eden-estuary-scotland(3348de89-386e-4abc-8da8-9dd47e0d29fe).html
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2609
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/9953/1/Hanson_HarbourSeal_ACM_FE_AM.pdf

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