Southern elephant seals breeding at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Carlini, Alejandro R ^a   Poljak, Sebastián ^b   Casaux, Ricardo ^a   Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo ^c   Gasco, Miguel ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d Consejo Provincial de Education ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Mirounga leonina; Pinnipeds; South Shetland Islands; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0345357696     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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