Seasonal distribution of Steller's sea lions at rookeries and haul-out sites in Alaska

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-763

  Sease, John L ^a   York, Anne E ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Alaska; Eumetopias jubatus; Seasonal distribution; Steller's sea lions

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142104377     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01128.x     Document Type: Article

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