Dive data from satellite tags and time-depth recorders: A comparison in Weddell seal pups

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 750-764

  Burns, Jennifer M ^a,b   Castellini, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARGOS; Behavior; Dive recorders; Diving; Leptonychotes weddellii; Locations; Marine mammals; Satellite telemetry; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEAL (ANIMAL); TAGGING;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0031657734     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00760.x     Document Type: Article

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