Cross-sectional scat sampling reveals diet heterogeneity in a marine predator

• Main Author: Voelker, Madelyn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2018
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Marine Biology; Psi; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/grad_conf/poster_presentations/poster_presentations/33

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are the most abundant marine mammal in the Salish Sea and have a large impact on species of conservation and economic concern. It is important to accurately describe and predict the impact harbor seals have in their communities, including their level of diet heterogenei...