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Harbour seal Phoca vitulina movement patterns in the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-03)
Harbour seals Phoca vitulina are mainly considered a temperate species, but the
world’s northernmost population resides year-round in the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. In
this study we document post-moulting at-sea movements of 30 individuals from this population
using satellite relay data loggers deployed in the autumns of 2009 and 2010. All of the seals
showed a strong preference for ...
Seasonal, oceanographic and atmospheric drivers of diving behaviour in a temperate seal species living in the high arctic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-21)
The harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population in Svalbard marks the northernmost limit of the
species’ range. This small population experiences environmental extremes in sea and air
temperatures, sea ice cover and also in light regime for this normally temperate species.
This study deployed Conductivity Temperature Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers (CTDSRDLs)
on 30 adult and juvenile harbour ...