Escape responses of hauled out ringed seals (Phoca hispida) to aircraft disturbance

Polar Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Born, Erik W ^a   Riget, Frank F ^b   Dietz, Rune ^b   Andriashek, Dennis ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 0033015834     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050349     Document Type: Article

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