Fish in the diet of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at South Georgia during winter and spring

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  North, A W ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus; Champsocephalus; diet; fish; seal; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; AVES; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; GAZELLA; GOBIONOTOTHEN GIBBERIFRONS; LEPIDONOTOTHEN; LEPIDONOTOTHEN LARSENI; PHOCIDAE; PISCES; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES);

DIET; FISH;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA, BIRD ISLAND;

EID: 0030304513     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000223     Document Type: Article

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