Shark Bay dugongs (Dugong dugon) in summer. II: Foragers in a Halodule-dominated community

Mammalia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-425

  Anderson, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; MARINE MAMMAL; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DUGONG DUGON;

EID: 0032442213     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1998.62.3.409     Document Type: Article

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