Foraging behaviour of a continental shelf marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), is associated with in situ, subsurface oceanographic conditions

Foraging behaviour of a continental shelf marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), is associated with in situ, subsurface oceanographic conditions

Abstract Background The heterogeneous oceanographic conditions of continental shelf ecosystems result in a three-dimensionally patchy distribution of prey available to upper-trophic level predators. The association of bio-physical conditions with movement patterns of large marine predators has been...

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Main Authors: B. V. R. Nowak, W. D. Bowen, K. Whoriskey, D. C. Lidgard, J. E. Mills Flemming, S. J. Iverson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
Scotian Shelf
Grey seal
Hidden Markov model
Foraging behaviour
Benthic
Oceanographic conditions
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-020-00225-7

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