seals {SDaA}

Breathing Holes of Seals

Description

Data on number of breathing holes found in sampled areas of Svalbard fjords, reconstructed from summary statistics given in Lydersen and Ryg (1991)

Usage

seals

Format

Data frame with the following 2 variables:

zone

zone number for sampled area

holes

number of breathing holes Imjak found in area

Note

The data are used in Chapter 4, Exercise 11.

Source

Lydersen, C. and Ryg, M. (1991). Evaluating breeding habitat and populations of ringed seals Phoca hispida in Svalbard fjords, Polar Record, 27: 223–228.

References

Lohr (1999). Sampling: Design and Analysis, Duxbury, p. TODO and 444.