Diving and haul-out patterns of walruses Odobenus rosmarus on Svalbard

Polar Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 314-319

  Gjertz, I ^a,b   Griffiths, D ^c   Krafft, B A ^b   Lydersen, C ^b   Wiig, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; MARINE MAMMAL;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ODOBENUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 0035034273     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000000211     Document Type: Article

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