Application of two methods for determining diet of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Gudmundson, Carolyn J ^a   Zeppelin, Tonya K ^a   Ream, Rolf R ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; SIZE SELECTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT GEORGE ISLAND; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

BERRYTEUTHIS MAGISTER; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CEPHALOPODA; GONATIDAE; GONATOPSIS BOREALIS; PINNIPEDIA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33745455592     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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