The effect of a startle-eliciting device on the foraging success of individual harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina )

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: McKeegan, K. A., Clayton, Kate, Williams, Rob, Ashe, Erin, Reiss, Stephanie, Mendez-Bye, Andrea, Janik, Vincent M., Götz, Thomas, Zinkgraf, Matthew, Acevedo-Gutiérrez, Alejandro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-effect-of-a-startleeliciting-device-on-the-foraging-success-of-individual-harbor-seals-phoca-vitulina(9d556cfa-74bd-4829-a8a3-3c4326703d5a).html; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54175-w; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/29282/1/McKeegan_2024_SR_effect-startle-eliciting_CC.pdf

Pinniped predation on commercially and ecologically important prey has been a source of conflict for centuries. In the Salish Sea, harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina ) are suspected of impeding the recovery of culturally and ecologically critical Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.). In Fall 2020, a novel...