Geographical variation in the diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 753-758

  Casaux, R ^a,b   Baroni, A ^c   Arrighetti, F ^a   Ramon A ^d   Carlini, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECAL PELLET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LAURIE ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GAZELLA; GYMNOSCOPELUS; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0348228047     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0554-4     Document Type: Article

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