Fine-scale three-dimensional spatial use by diving, lactating female Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 275-284

  Hindell, Mark A ^a   Harcourt, Robert ^a   Waas, Joseph R ^a   Thompson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic tracking; Habitat use; Intra specific competition; Three dimensional tracking; Weddell seals

Indexed keywords

DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PINNIPED; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PLEUROGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER;

EID: 0037175224     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242275     Document Type: Article

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