Structure of foraging dives by Weddell seals at an offshore isolated hole in the Antarctic fast-ice environment

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 270-289

  Fuiman, Lee A ^a   Madden, Kiersten M ^a   Williams, Terrie M ^b   Davis, Randall W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Energetics; Foraging behaviour; Hunting behaviour; McMurdo Sound; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTING BEHAVIOR; MCMURDO SOUND; WEDDELL SEAL;

MAMMALS;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREY CAPTURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 33947205660     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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