Distribution, abundance and growth of New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri pups on Campbell Island

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 889-898

  Childerhouse, Simon ^a   Gibbs, Nadine ^a   McAlister, Gus ^b   McConkey, Shaun ^c   McConnell, Helen ^a,c   McNally, Nathan ^a   Sutherland, David ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Sea Lion Trust ^*  (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Sea Lion Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Breeding; Campbell Island; Distribution; New Zealand; Phocarctos hookeri; Pup growth; Sea lion; Subantarctic; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GROWTH; PINNIPED; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; CAMPBELL ISLAND; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI;

EID: 22944488881     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517360     Document Type: Article

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