Counts of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, from large-format aerial photographs taken at rookeries in southern California during the breeding season

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 176-185

  Lowry, Mark S ^a   Ferryman, Wayne L ^a   Lynn, Morgan S ^a   Westlake, Robin L ^a   Julian, Fred ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BREEDING SEASONS; POPULATION NUMBER;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 0029668739     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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