Recovery of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) population in northern Patagonia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1681-1690

  Dans, Silvana Laura ^a,b   Crespo, Enrique Alberto ^a,b   Pedraza, Susana Noemí ^a,b   Alonso, Mariano Koen ^c  

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

^b Univ Nac Patagonia S Juan Bosco   (Argentina)

^c NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 12744253804     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-105     Document Type: Article

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