Mouthing off about fish capture: Jaw movement in pinnipeds reveals the real secrets of ingestion

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 256-269

  Liebsch, N ^a,b   Wilson, R P ^b   Bornemann, H ^c   Adelung, D ^a   Plotz J ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australian sea lions; Ecology; Feeding; Harbour seals; Technology; Weddell seals

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; OCEAN HABITATS;

AUSTRALIAN SEA LIONS; FEEDING EVENTS; FEEDING HABITS; INGESTION; JAW MOVEMENT; WEDDELL SEALS;

FISH;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMONITORING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INGESTION RATE; PINNIPED; PREY CAPTURE; SENSOR;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33947268770     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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