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Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean

Northern elephant seal at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve. (Credit: Dan Costa; photo taken under research permit NMFS 23188) Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the ...
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Dining out in an ocean of plastic: How foraging albatrosses put plastic on the menu

The North Pacific Ocean is now commonly referred to as the world's largest garbage dump with an area the size of the continental United States covered in plastic debris. The highly mobile Laysan ...
Science Daily

Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' Over the past 60 years, marine ...
Phys.org

Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve. With the seals gathering on the ...