Diving behaviour of lactating harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, females from the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1213-1221

  Lydersen, Christian ^a   Kovacs, Kit M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING; HARP SEAL; HAUL-OUT; SEAL;

CANADA, GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0027331569     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1312     Document Type: Article

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