Northern fur seal young: Interrelationships among birth size, growth, and survival

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 843-854

  Boltnev, Alexander I ^a   York, Anne E ^b   Antonelis, George A ^a,c  

^a Kamchatka Fisheries and Oceanography Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c University of Honolulu   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEAL (ANIMAL); SURVIVAL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CALLORHINUS URSINUS;

EID: 0031762441     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-010     Document Type: Article

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