Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) feeding on gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 881-883

  Cobley, Norman D ^a   Bell, Graham ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PHOCIDAE; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0031657735     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00773.x     Document Type: Article

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