Estimation of body mass in the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, by photogrammetry and morphometrics

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 669-682

  Bell, Cameron M ^a,c   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Burton, Harry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c Kingston Animal Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mass; Mass estimation; Mirounga leonina; Morphometrics; Photogrammetry; Pinniped; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MAMMALS; MASS ESTIMATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MORPHOMETRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0030827342     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00090.x     Document Type: Article

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