Interannual variation in survival of juvenile Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Effects of cohort, sex and age

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-323

  Hastings, K K ^a,c   Testa, J W ^b   Rexstad, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Polar Biological Research   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile survival; Leptonychotes weddellii; Mark recapture; Population dynamics; Weddell seals

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; JUVENILE; MARINE MAMMAL; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 0032800806     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999007049     Document Type: Article

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