Abstract

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF TABLES x INTRODUCTION 1 Resource pulses 1 Spawning pacific herring as a resource pulse 4 Harbor seal foraging ecology 7 Harbor seals and Pacific herring in the Salish Sea 10 METHODS 17 Study location 17 Harbor seal diet 17 Tag deployment and programming 20 Seal foraging areas 21 Seal diving behavior 23 RESULTS 26 Harbor seal diet 26 Seal foraging areas 30 Seal diving behavior 34 DISCUSSION 37 Harbor seal diet 37 Seal foraging areas 39 Seal diving behavior 40 Conclusions 42 LITERATURE CITED 45

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