Availability to Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) of a seasonal prey resource: A prespawning aggregation of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1475-1484

  Sigler, Michael F ^a   Womble, Jamie N ^b   Vollenweider, Johanna J ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; BENJAMIN ISLAND; BERNERS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DINOPERCA PETERSII; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; STENOBRACHIUS LEUCOPSARUS; THALEICHTHYS PACIFICUS;

EID: 11444253970     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-086     Document Type: Article

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