Growth and population parameters of the world’s northernmost harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) residing in Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian
• 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; Svalbard; Norway; Jan Mayen; Prins Karls Forland; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina; Spitsbergen; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/c591f4e9-de10-5ea7-b4c5-82696af8acc1

The harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Svalbardare the northernmost population of this species. The population size is thought to be less than 1,000 individuals; these animals reside principally within a national park on Prins Karls Forland on the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, at about 78°20&#...