Impacts of climatic anomalies on provisioning strategies of a Southern Ocean predator

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 77-94

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^b   Cherel, Yves ^b   Duhamel, Guy ^c   Dubroca, Laurent ^b   Pruvost, Patrice ^c   Hindell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Diving; ENSO; Foraging; Growth; Maternal care; Myctophid; Pinniped; Polar Front; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33646256125     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310077     Document Type: Article

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