Changes in diet and maternal attendance of South American sea lions indicate changes in the marine environment and prey abundance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 277-290

  Soto, Karim H ^a,b   Trites, Andrew W ^a   Arias Schreiber, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diet; El Ni o; Environmental change; La Ni a; Maternal attendance; Otaria flavescens; Prey abundance; South American sea lion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; LOBSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANCHOA; GALATHEIDAE; OTARIA BYRONIA; PISCES;

EID: 33744465018     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps312277     Document Type: Article

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