Subcutaneous implantation of satellite transmitters with percutaneous antennae into male polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 510-515

  Mulcahy, Daniel M ^a   Garner, Gerald ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine mammal; Polar bear; Satellite; Telemetry; Transmitter; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NECK; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0033289194     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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