A programmable acoustic recording tag and first results from free-ranging northern elephant seals

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1327-1351

  Burgess, W C ^a,b   Tyack, P L ^c   Le Boeuf, B J ^d   Costa, D P ^d  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Greeneridge Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; SEAL (ANIMAL); TAGGING;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 0032125341     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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