Impact of El Niño on the foraging behavior of female northern elephant seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 309, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-10

  Crocker, Daniel E ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^b   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^b   Webb, Paul M ^c   Houser, Dorian S ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El ni o; Foraging; Prey patches; Seals; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EL NINO; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; PINNIPED; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 33645828654     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps309001     Document Type: Article

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