Differential movements by harbor seal pups in contrasting Alaska environments

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-694

  Small, Robert J ^a   Lowry, Lloyd F ^a,b   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a,c   Frost, Kathryn J ^a,b   DeLong, Robert A ^a   Rehberg, Michael J ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b Alaska Fisheries Science Center ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Dispersal; Harbor seal; Home range; Movements; Phoca vitulina richardii; Pups; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SATELLITE DATA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; TRINITY ISLANDS; TUGIDAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII;

EID: 25844439943     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01259.x     Document Type: Article

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