Steller sea lion status and trend in Southeast Alaska: 1979-1997

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 462-477

  Calkins, D G ^a   Mcallister, D C ^a   Pitcher, K W ^a   Pendleton, G W ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Environmental covariate models; Euraetopias jubatus; Population status; Southeast Alaska; Steller sea lion; Surveys; Trends

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0032814935     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00813.x     Document Type: Article

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