Marking of southern elephant seals with passive integrated transponders

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 500-504

  Galimberti, Filippo ^a   Sanvito, Simona ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^b  

^a Institute of Applied Ecology   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0034070879     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00943.x     Document Type: Note

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