Ocean climate and seal condition

BMC Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Le Boeuf, Burney J ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREY; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAL; SEASHORE; THERMOCLINE; WEANING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREGNANCY; SEALS, EARLESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27544452063     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-3-9     Document Type: Article

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