Line transect survey of crabeater seals in the Amundsen-Bellingshausen Seas, 1994

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 330-336

  Gelatt, Thomas S ^a   Siniff, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic seals; Crabeater seal; Density estimates; DISTANCE; Line transect; Lobodon carcinophagus

Indexed keywords

LINE TRANSECT; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA;

LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS;

EID: 0032835210     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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