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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.
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.
29 sie 2019 · Results showed that the gut microbiota of the harbor seals was dominated by the phyla Firmicutes (37%), Bacteroidetes (26%) and Fusobacteria (26%) and revealed significant differences in its ...
31 sty 2012 · The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) is the most abundant pinniped spe-cies in the protected coastal waters of Washington State and British Columbia, Canada (Jeffries et al., 2003). This species is a generalist piscivorous predator, at or near the apex of marine food webs.
12 gru 2013 · In Mexico, the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) diet has been understudied, with the importance of invertebrates or cartilaginous fish as prey currently unknown.
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.
