Foraging of juvenile monk seals at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-107

  Parrish, Frank A ^a   Marshall, Gregory J ^b   Littnan, Charles L ^a   Heithaus, Mike ^c   Canja, Suzanne ^d   Becker, Brenda ^a   Braun, Robert ^e   Antonelis, George A ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Geographic Television   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AQUATIC FARMS LTD   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

CRITTERCAM; Endangered species; Forage habitat; Hawaiian monk seal; Monachus schauinslandi; Sand communities

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PINNIPED; VIDEOGRAPHY;

FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

BOTHIDAE; HAWAIIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PHOCIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 12244293428     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01210.x     Document Type: Article

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