Table 1.
(a) Field measurements, tag performance, and (b, c) genetic determination of the 20 seals captured in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2000–2001
| ID | Sex | Mass (kg) | Capture date | Days w/locations | Locations (N) | Field ID | mtDNA | Microsatellites | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. loci screened | No. loci scored | Assignment (Q value) | |||||||||
| Phoca largha | Phoca vitulina | ||||||||||
| a) | b) | ||||||||||
| PV00BB02 | F | 30.7 | 12/09/2000 | 47 | 265 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 7 | .967 | .033 |
| PV00BB03 | M | 30.2 | 12/09/2000 | 23 | 136 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 7 | .956 | .044 |
| PV00BB04 | M | 46.7 | 12/09/2000 | 50 | 249 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 7 | .950 | .050 |
| PV00BB06 | F | 41.4 | 12/09/2000 | 38 | 120 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 7 | .903 | .097 |
| PV00BB10 | M | 45.2 | 13/09/2000 | 15 | 44 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 7 | .002 | .998 |
| PV00BB11 | F | 33.1 | 13/09/2000 | 16 | 45 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 7 | .954 | .046 |
| PV00BB12 | F | 51.9 | 13/09/2000 | 49 | 171 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 7 | .002 | .998 |
| PV00BB13 | F | 31.7 | 13/09/2000 | 65 | 390 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 7 | .004 | .996 |
| PV00BB15 | F | 46.2 | 13/09/2000 | 54 | 203 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 9 | .023 | .977 |
| PV00BB18 | M | 49.0 | 14/09/2000 | 46 | 169 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 9 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB05 | F | 52.7 | 04/09/2001 | 102 | 473 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB07 | F | 65.0 | 06/09/2001 | 108 | 739 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB11 | F | 64.1 | 06/09/2001 | 7 | 42 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB23 | F | 53.3 | 07/09/2001 | 92 | 378 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .002 | .998 |
| PV01BB24 | F | 53.5 | 07/09/2001 | 81 | 299 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .002 | .998 |
| PV01BB28 | F | 36.4 | 07/09/2001 | 114 | 1136 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB35 | F | 50.0 | 08/09/2001 | 97 | 495 | P. vitulina | P. largha | 9 | 9 | .996 | .004 |
| PV01BB41 | M | 72.9 | 09/09/2001 | 87 | 511 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .002 | .998 |
| PV01BB48 | M | 71.9 | 09/09/2001 | 112 | 1016 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 7 | .001 | .999 |
| PV01BB49 | F | 63.1 | 09/09/2001 | 111 | 858 | P. vitulina | P. vitulina | 9 | 8 | .002 | .998 |
| c) | |||||||||||
| PV00BB02 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .997 | .003 | ||||||
| PV00BB03 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .995 | .005 | ||||||
| PV00BB04 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .998 | .002 | ||||||
| PV00BB06 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .995 | .002 | ||||||
| PV00BB11 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .998 | .002 | ||||||
| PV01BB35 | P. largha | 20 | 20 | .998 | .002 | ||||||
Six seals were identified as spotted seals based on a summary of mtDNA and microsatellite assignment‐based testing of harbor and spotted seals in Alaskan, Russian, and Japanese waters where field and genetic determinations do not agree. Specifically, (b) nuclear analysis based on a set of nine microsatellite loci screened in 766 harbor and 199 spotted seals and (c) nuclear analysis based on a set of 20 microsatellite loci screened in 47 harbor seals and 23 spotted seals.