Movements of monk seals relative to ecological depth zones in the lower Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 543, 2006, Pages 115-130

  Parrish, Frank A ^a   Abernathy, Kyler ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b National Geographic Television   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MONACHUS;

EID: 33749651869     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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