The importance of the North Sea for winter dispersal of harbour seals Phoca vitulina from the Wadden Sea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Leopold, Mardik F ^a   Van Der Werf, Bert ^a   Ries, Edith H ^a   Reijnders, Peter J H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

line transect; North Sea and population size; Seals; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

PHOCA VITULINA;

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HARBOUR SEAL; HARBOUR SEALS; MAMMALS; POPULATION SIZE; WINTER;

NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030619230     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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