• Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) diet on the west coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway 

      Bengtsson, Olof Mikael (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)
      The diet of 99 coastal-feeding ringed seals (Pusa hispida), collected in western Spitsbergen, Svalbard (Norway), was analysed via identification of hard-parts in the contents of their gastrointestinal tracts (GITs). The study animals where shot either in spring (n = 30; April-July) or autumn (n = 69; August-October) during four consecutive years (2014-2017). Thirty different prey types were identified ...