Evaluation of a flipper-mounted transmitter on sea otters

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 551-554

  Hatfield, Brian B ^a,b,c,d   Rathbun, Galen B ^a,e,f  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Natl Biol Serv's California S   (United States)

^e HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Enhydra lutris; marine mammal; radiotracking; sea otter; threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FLIPPER-MOUNTED RADIOTRANSMITTER; MAMMALS; RADIOTRANSMITTER; SEA OTTER; TAGGING; TAGS;

ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS;

EID: 0029660121     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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