Live capture of ringed seals in ice-covered waters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 678-684

  Kelly, Brendan P ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; breathing hole; live capture; marine mammal; methods; net; Phoca hispida; ringed seal; sea ice

Indexed keywords

COLLECTING DEVICE; COLLECTING DEVICES; ICE-COVERED WATERS; LIVE CAPTURE; MAMMALS; MARINE MAMMAL; RINGED SEAL; SEA ICE;

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 0029669827     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802087     Document Type: Article

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