| Title | Abundance, movement, and feeding habits of harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, at Netarts and Tillamook Bays, Oregon. |
| Publication Type | Magazine Article |
| Year of Publication | 1983 |
| Authors | Brown, Robin F., and Bruce R. Mate |
| Secondary Title | Fishery Bulletin |
| Volume | 81 |
| Number | no.2 |
| Pagination | p.291-301 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley SH11 .A13, Guin SH11 .A13; Netarts Bay Watershed Inventory, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | abundance, diet, geographic distribution, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, marine mammals, Netarts Bay, Pacific sand lance = Ammodytes hexapterus, temporal distribution, Tillamook Bay, Whiskey Creek |
| Notes | "Patterns of seasonal abundance of harbor seals at Netarts and Tillamook Bays, Oregon, were documented by recording numbers of seals hauling out on tidally exposed sand flats in both bays. . . In general, benthic and epibenthic fish appeared to be important in the harbor seal diet. Distributions, abundances, and estimated sizes of identified prey species indicated that harbor seals had fed both in Netarts Bay and in the nearshore ocean. Movements of radio-tagged harbor seals between Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay were common (45.4% of tagged seals made at least one move between bays). Tagged harbor seals frequented at least four different estuaries and one coastal haul-out area, ranging from 25 to 550 km from the tagging area." (from the Abstract) |
| URL | https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1983/812/brown.pdf |
| Label | 690 |
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