Linking movement, diving, and habitat to foraging success in a large marine predator

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3095-3108

  Austin, Deborah ^a,c   Don Bowen, W ^b   McMillan, Jim I ^b   Iverson, Sara J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Feeding probability; Gray seals; Halichoerus grypus; Northwest Atlantic; Satellite tracking; Stomach temperature telemetry; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845687800     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3095:LMDAHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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