Foraging habitats based on the diet of female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-576

  Zeppelin, T K ^a   Ream, R R ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Callorhinus ursinus; Diet; Foraging; Northern fur seal; Pribilof Islands; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DIET; FEMALE; PINNIPED; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

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

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA PALLASI; GONATIDAE; GONATOPSIS; GONATUS; LEUROGLOSSUS SCHMIDTI; ONCORHYNCHUS; PLEUROGRAMMUS MONOPTERYGIUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33751015106     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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