Environmental and physiological determinants of successful foraging by naive southern elephant seal pups during their first trip to sea

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1807-1821

  Hindell, Mark A ^a   McConnell, Bernie J ^b   Fedak, M A ^b   Slip, David J ^c   Burton, Harry R ^c   Reijnders, Peter J H ^d   McMahon, Clive R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PINNIPED;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 0033306107     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-154     Document Type: Article

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