Distribution of foraging by female Antarctic fur seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 285-294

  Boyd, I L ^a   Staniland, I J ^a   Martin, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazella; Behavior; Critical habitat; Dispersion; Ice edge; Krill; Patagonian Shelf; Predator prey interactions; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037175217     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242285     Document Type: Article

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