Do patterns of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) diet, population trend and cetacean occurrence reflect oceanographic domains from the Alaska Peninsula to the central Aleutian Islands?

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 223-242

  Sinclair, Elizabeth H ^a   Moore, Sue E ^a   Friday, Nancy A ^a   Zeppelin, Tonya K ^a   Waite, Janice M ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical; Cetacean; Generalized additive models; Killer whales; Metapopulation; Orca; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

DIET; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ECOTYPE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; METAPOPULATION; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVEY; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; ALASKA PENINSULA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DELPHINIDAE; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 28344433670     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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