Synchronous shallow dives by Weddell seal mother-pup pairs during lactation

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 384-395

  Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Mitani, Y ^b   Kusagaya, H ^a   Naito, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037376443     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01116.x     Document Type: Note

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