Spatial separation of foraging habitats among New Zealand fur seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 323, Issue , 2006, Pages 263-279

  Page, Brad ^a,d   McKenzie, Jane ^a   Sumner, Michael D ^b   Coyne, Michael ^c   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus; Foraging ecology; Resource partitioning; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PINNIPED; SEAFLOOR; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 33750627152     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps323263     Document Type: Article

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