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dc.contributor.authorLydersen, Christian
dc.contributor.authorAngantyr, Lars Anker
dc.contributor.authorWiig, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorØritsland, Torger
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-15T12:47:18Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.identifier.issn0706-652x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/108098
dc.description.abstractStomachs from 58 harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) from the northern part of the Barents Sea were collected between August 20 and September 5, 1987. Fifty-six of the stomachs contained identifiable remains. The amphipod Parathemisto libellula was the most common food item, found in 98% of the seal stomachs and constituting 57.9% of the total volume. Fish were the second most important prey group, with Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) as the dominant species followed by Nybelin's sculpin (Triglops nybelini) and Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). Decapods, mainly Pandalus borealis, were also common as prey of harp seals. No sex- or agerelated differences in choice of food were found. From knowledge of the depths at locations where seals were collected and the presence of fresh benthic fishes in the seal stomachs, it is assumed that harp seals could forage at depths below 300 m.en
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dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNational research council of Canadaen
dc.titleFeeding habits of northeast atlantic Harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) along the Summer Ice Edge of the Barents Seaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.source.pagenumber2180-2183en
dc.source.volume48en
dc.source.journalCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciencesen
dc.source.issue11en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f91-257


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