Characteristics of the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) diet in the Vistula River mouth (Mewia Łacha Nature Reserve, southern Baltic Sea), based on the osteological and molecular studies of scat samples

Summary: The study analyses for the first time the diet composition of grey seals inhabiting the Polish Baltic Sea coast. Samples of seal scat were collected in the Mewia Łacha Nature Reserve at the mouth of the Vistula River. Using genetic and osteological methods, the remains of organisms included...

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Main Authors: Sławomir Keszka, Remigiusz Panicz, Katarzyna Stepanowska, Marcin Biernaczyk, Konrad Wrzecionkowski, Mikołaj Zybała
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323420300361