Diving development in nursing harbour seal pups

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Jørgensen, Christian, Lydersen, Christian, Brix, Ole
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; harbour seal; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/205ed670-775c-5e47-9def-a58bd3bd2dc7

This study investigated physiological and behavioural aspects of diving development in pups of the harbour seal Phoca vitulina. The study was conducted from 16 June to 10 July in both 1999 and 2000 on the west coast of Prins Karls Forland (78°20’N, 11°30’E), the westernmost island of the Svalbard Ar...