Growth and population parameters of the world's northernmost harbour seals Phoca vitulina residing in Svalbard, Norway

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-163

  Lydersen, Christian ^a   Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 12844259090     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0656-7     Document Type: Article

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