Habitat use of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the North Water area (North Baffin Bay)

Arctic

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-142

  Born, Erik W ^a,b   Teilmann, Jonas ^c   Acquarone, Mario ^c   Riget, Frank F ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diving behaviour; Habitat use; North Water; Phoca hispida; Polynya; Ringed seal; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PINNIPED; TELEMETRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN];

AMPHIPODA; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CEPHALOPODA; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 3242891511     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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