Movements and spatial usage of harbour seals in the Elbe estuary in Germany

Abstract Harbour seals are top predators in the North Sea and regarded as sentinels for ecosystem health. A few hundred also occur in adjacent estuaries, such as the Elbe estuary, Germany. However, only little is known about how these animals use this dynamic tidally influenced habitat, which has be...

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Main Authors: Abbo van Neer, Dominik Nachtsheim, Ursula Siebert, Thomas Taupp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33594-1