Notes on Antarctic wildlife: Ross seals Ommatophoca rossii and emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Splettstoesser, John F ^a   Gavrilo, Maria ^b   Field, Carmen ^c   Field, Conrad ^c   Harrison, Peter ^d   Messick, Mike ^e   Oxford, Peter ^f   ToDD, Frank S ^g  

^a Spruce Head   (United States)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Homer   (United States)

^d Port Townsend WA   (United States)

^e Ecocepts International ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^f NONE   (Ecuador)

^g Ecocepts International   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri; Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii; Sea ice habitats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; PINNIPED; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII;

EID: 0033884750     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518219     Document Type: Article

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