Haulout patterns of grey seals Halichoerus grypus in the Baltic Sea

• Main Authors: Sjoberg, M, McConnell, B, Fedak, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; diel pattern; grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; haulout pattern; satellite telemetry; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; SAN-MIGUEL-ISLAND; HARBOR SEALS; PHOCA-VITULINA; MORAY FIRTH; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; HISPIDA; SCOTLAND; Island Harbor; San Miguel; Elephant Seals; Phoca vitulina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/haulout-patterns-of-grey-seals-halichoerus-grypus-in-the-baltic-sea(6b8af5d7-4800-43dd-9a69-73e3913bbc65).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2442736259&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The haulout pattern of seals, i.e. the distribution of the time they spend on shore or on ice, may be influenced by a large number of extrinsic factors such as season, time of day and weather, as well as factors related to the animal's internal state. In this study we used a time-lapse video sy...