Visual estimates of seal abundance from aerial surveys conducted by a Cessna-185 in the San Juan Islands, Salish Sea in 2008 (Seal_response_to_prey project)

<p>Number of seals counted during several aerial surveys of the Salish Sea during July and August of 2008. Data are also available from <a href=\"http://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset.cfm?id=14099&amp;flag=view\">2007 surveys</a>.</p>
<p><b>Related publications:</b> (Both available from <a href=\"http://biol.wwu.edu/mbel/?page=papers\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Acevedo's lab website</a>.)<br />
<b>Howard</b>, S. 2009. Seasonal energy budgets to model energy use and prey consumption in harbor seals (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) in the San Juan Islands, WA. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.<br />
<b>Hardee</b>, S. 2008. Movements and home ranges of harbor seals (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) in the Georgia Basin: implications for marine reservinland waters of the Pacific Northwest. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.</p>