Duration of stereotyped underwater vocal displays by male Atlantic walruses in relation to aerobic dive limit

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 566-575

  Nowicki, S N ^a,b   Stirling, Ian ^a,b   Sjare, Becky ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADL; Breeding; Diving behavior; Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus; Walrus

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC WALRUS; DIVING; DIVING BEHAVIOUR; MAMMALS; VOCALIZATION BEHAVIOUR; VOLCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030818412     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00084.x     Document Type: Article

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