Energy gain and loss during lactation and postweaning in southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) at King George Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 437-440

  Carlini, A R ^a   Panarello, H O ^b   Marquez, M E I ^a   Daneri, G A ^c   Soave, G E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY CONDITION; ENERGETICS; LACTATION; PINNIPED; WEANING;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0034046509     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050465     Document Type: Article

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