Pinniped population dynamics in central California: Correlations with sea surface temperature and upwelling indices

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 446-461

  Sydeman, William J ^a   Allen, Sarah G ^b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

California current marine ecosystem; Climate variability; Logistic growth; Oceanographic conditions; Pinniped population dynamics; Population recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ELEPHANT; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS;

EID: 0032805433     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00812.x     Document Type: Article

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