Habitat selection by foraging northern fur seals : assessing in-situ ocean temperature and links to Oceanographic features in the Eastern Bering Sea

Habitat characteristics and mechanisms that enable predators to successfully forage are poorly understood in open marine ecosystems. I addressed this problem in the eastern Bering Sea using animal-born data-loggers carried by lactating northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) from two populations b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nordstrom, Chad Andrew
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42337