Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, population trends in the San Francisco Bay estuary, 1970-2002

California Fish and Game

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-70

  Grigg, Emma K ^a   Allen, Sarah G ^b   Green, Deborah E ^a   Markowitz, Hal ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 2142654408     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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