Harbour seal Phoca vitulina movement patterns in the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway

Harbour seals Phoca vitulina are mainly considered a temperate species, but the world’s northernmost population resides year-round in the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. In this study we document post-moulting at-sea movements of 30 individuals from this population using satellite relay data lo...

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Main Authors: MA Blanchet, C Lydersen, RA Ims, AD Lowther, KM Kovacs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2014-09-01
Series:Aquatic Biology
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ab/v21/n3/p167-181/