Haul-out behaviour of two Ross seals off eastern Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-258

  Southwell, Colin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANTARCTICA;

MAMMALIA; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037905537     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001251     Document Type: Article

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