The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 424-428

  Casaux, R ^a   Baroni, A ^a   Carlini, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREDATION;

EID: 0032438650     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050324     Document Type: Article

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