Causes of Mortality in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Population at Equilibrium

Causes of Mortality in a Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Population at Equilibrium

The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) population in the Salish Sea has been at equilibrium since the mid-1990s. This stable population of marine mammals resides relatively close to shore near a large human population and offers a novel opportunity to evaluate whether disease acts in a density-d...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. Ashley, Jennifer K. Olson, Tessa E. Adler, Stephen Raverty, Eric M. Anderson, Steven Jeffries, Joseph K. Gaydos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
carrying capacity
equilibrium population
harbor seal
marine mammals
pathology
Salish Sea
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00319/full

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