Growth of female southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina at Macquarie Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-401

  Bell, Cameron M ^a,b   Burton, Harry R ^c   Lea, Mary Anne ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Dept Prim Indust Water Environ ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; PINNIPED;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 17644400191     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0694-1     Document Type: Article

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