Declining harbour seal abundance in a previously recovering meta-population.

We present evidence that the abundance of harbour seals in the Kattegat-Skagerrak is in decline. Until recently, the Kattegat-Skagerrak harbour seal population has grown exponentially as it has recovered from historic over-hunting and two mass mortality events. This has provided an important case st...

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Main Authors: Daire Carroll, Markus P Ahola, Anja M Carlsson, Anders Galatius, Kjell T Nilssen, Tero Härkönen, Karin C Harding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326933
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