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Seasonal variation in the diet of harbour seals in the south-western North Sea
1998
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Seasonal vanation in harbour seal diet in the south-western North Sea was investigated from faeces collected monthly, over a 2 yr period, from a high-water haulout site in the Wash on the east coast of England. A total of 12444 fish otoliths from 31 species was recovered from 708 faeces; otolith measurements were corrected for partial digestion and used to estimate the proportion, by weight, of each species in the diet. Overall, the diet was dominated by whiting (24 " L ) , sole (15%), drayonct
doi:10.3354/meps170269
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