| Title | Space use of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) from two haulout locations along the Oregon coast |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Steingass, Sheanna, Markus Horning, and Amanda M. Bishop |
| Secondary Title | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 14 |
| Number of Volumes | Article e0219484 |
| Number | no.7 |
| Pagination | 17 p. |
| Date Published | 2019, Jul. 31 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea Bay, behavior, geographic distribution, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, Netarts Bay, remote sensing, temporal distribution |
| Notes | The Pacific harbor seal is one of the most abundant marine mammals in Oregon. Despite a booming population and an evolving regulatory environment, there is a lack of contemporary studies on the space use of these animals. “Here, we utilize satellite telemetry data gathered from 24 adult Pacific harbor seals captured at two sites on the Oregon coast from September 2014 to May 2016 to describe the general spatial habitat use by Pacific harbor seals in this understudied portion of their range. To do this we 1) define and describe home range and core areas for Pacific harbor seals from these sites, 2) quantify hauling out behavior and use of the open ocean versus riverine, bay and estuarine environments by study animals, and 3) examine intersite differences is spatial use from animals captured at two prominent but geologically-different haulout locations.” (p.3). |
| URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0219484 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0219484 |
