The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) spring diet in northwestern Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
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| Authors: | IAN GJERTZ CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN |
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| Institution: | Ian Gjertz and Christian Lydersen, Norsk Polarinstitutt, P.O. Box 158, 1330 Oslo Lufthavn, Norway;September 1984 (revised January 1986). |
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| Abstract: | A total of 284 ringed seals (Phoca hispida) were sampled to determine their diet in the spring of 1981 and 1982. Few seals contained identifiable stomach contents. No significant age-or sex-related differences in choice of prey were found. It seems that in spring northwestern Spitsbergen ringed seals prey upon arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) , decapods and larger amphipods.? Diet, ringed seal, Svalbard . |
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