Seasonal diving behaviour in lactating subantarctic fur seals on Amsterdam Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-69

  Georges, Jean Yves ^a,b   Tremblay, Yann ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b Lab de Biochim et Biologie Marines   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0033982467     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050008     Document Type: Article

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