TABLE 32. — Comparisons of tag-lost to tagged ratios, male seals, 



Pribilof Islands, Alaska 



Comparisons 



Significance 

 (P) 



St. Paul Island vs. St. George Island, 1962 

 recoveries of the 1957 year class. (Tag loss of 

 4— year-old males greater on St. Paul. ) 



31.2 



-.001 



1962 vs. 1961, recoveries of 1957 year class on 

 St. Paul Island. (Tag loss of 1957 year class 

 greater at age 5 than at age 4-.) 



536 



-.001 



St. Paul Island vs. St. George Island, 1962 



recoveries of 1958 year class. (No difference 



in tag loss of 1958 year class on St. Paul and 



St. George Islands in 1962.) 1.59 



1962 vs. 1961 recoveries of 1958 year class on 



St. Paul Island. (Tag loss of 1958 year class 



greater at age A than at age 3.) 55.8 



St. Paul Island vs. St. George Island, 1962 



recoveries of 1959 year class. (No difference 



in tag loss of 1959 year class on St. Paul and 



St. George Islands in 1962 . ) . 001 



1962 vs. 1961 recoveries of 1959 year class on 



St. Paul Island. (Tag loss of 1959 year class 



greater at age 3 than at age 2. ) 20. 8 



1958 vs. 1959 year class recoveries on St. Paul 



Island in 1961 and 1962. (Tag loss of 1959 year 



class at age 3 greater than tag loss of 1958 



year class at age 3.) 14-7 



St. Paul Island vs. St. George Island, 1962 



recoveries of 1960 year class. (No difference 



in tag loss of 1960 year class on St. Paul and 



St. George Islands.) .02 



.23 



<.001 



>.90 



<.001 



< .001 



.90 



1959 vs. 1960 year class recoveries on St. Paul 

 Island in 1961 and 1962. (Tag loss of 1960 year 

 class at age 2 greater than tag loss of 1959 

 year class at age 2.) 



5.07 



.02 



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