Estimating harbour seal abundance and status in an estuarine habitat in N.E. Scotland

• Main Authors: Thompson, PM, Tollit, DJ, Wood, D, Corpe, HM, Hammond, Philip Steven, MacKay, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: abundance trends; activity budgets; pinnipeds; telemetry; PHOCA-VITULINA-RICHARDSI; SAN-MIGUEL-ISLAND; COMMON SEALS; HAUL-OUT; KATTEGAT-SKAGERRAK; BRITISH-COLUMBIA; MORAY FIRTH; POPULATION; CALIFORNIA; PATTERNS; Kattegat; San Miguel; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/estimating-harbour-seal-abundance-and-status-in-an-estuarine-habitat-in-ne-scotland(194405b1-b1bb-4eec-b237-4c591f9a07c4).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030620887&partnerID=8YFLogxK

1. Harbour seals are the most widespread of pinniped species, coming ashore onto a variety of different habitats to rest, moult and breed. Estimates of their abundance and status rely on counts of animals in terrestrial haul-out groups but it is not clear to what extent current techniques are approp...