Influence of time of day and month on Weddell seal haul-out patterns at the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Lake, S E ^a,b   Burton, H R ^a   Hindell, M A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ACTIVITY PATTERNS; HAUL-OUT; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; MAMMALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEDDELL SEAL; WEDDELL SEALS;

ANTARCTICA, MCMURDO SOUND;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 0030670729     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050194     Document Type: Article

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