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2 mar 2022 · Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) diet data are of particular interest because the species is an abundant predator in the northeast Pacific Ocean and Salish Sea ecosystem that consumes...
13 lip 2019 · This study aims to characterize the harbor seal diet through metabarcoding and to compare results with those obtained via the analysis of the hard remains taken from the same samples. Samples were collected at four breeding colonies during the molting season.
3 lip 2024 · Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) dominated male and female harbor seal diet, driving the prevalence of Clupeiformes and Gadiformes in the diet at the order level.
29 sie 2019 · The present study examined how diet influenced the composition and function of the gut microbiota of the Pacific harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina richardii) in order to better understand the role of prey consumption in shaping its microbiota.
Adult harbor seals eat squid, crustaceans, molluscs, and a variety of fish; including, rockfish, herring, flounder, salmon, hake, and sand lance. A harbor seal's diet varies seasonally and regionally and often is subject to local prey availability.
29 sie 2019 · The present study examined how diet influenced the composition and function of the gut microbiota of the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in order to better understand the...
2 kwi 2015 · The diet of harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina richardii) in San Francisco Bay (SFB), California, was determined from July 2007 to July 2008 using prey hard parts recovered from 442 scats collected at five haul-out sites.
