Seals, sandeels and salmon:diet of harbour seals in St. Andrews Bay and the Tay Estuary, southeast Scotland

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Sharples, Ruth Jemma, Arrizabalaga, B, Hammond, Philip Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Faecal sampling; Fisheries; North Sea; Prey availability; Phoca vitulina; Special Area of Conservation; Firth of Tay; Tay; harbour seal
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/seals-sandeels-and-salmon(767fcec2-07cd-4a85-ad85-23bb4a7d380d).html; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08232; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/4057/1/Sharples2009MarEcolProgSer390p265_Seals.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349550019&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Harbour seal populations have declined by up to 40% around northern and eastern Britain since 2000 due to unknown causes; prey availability is one important factor that could be contributing to the decline. We estimate the diet and prey consumption of a population of harbour seals in southeast Scotl...