Characteristics of ringed seal, Phoca hispida, subnivean structures and breeding habitat and their effects on predation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 858-874

  Furgal, C M ^a   Innes, S ^b   Kovacs, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING HOLES; HABITAT; LAIRS; PREDATION; SNOW COVER;

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 0029730608     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-100     Document Type: Article

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