Diets of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in coastal waters and drift ice waters along the east coast of Greenland

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 123-133

  Haug, Tore ^a   Nilssen, Kjell Tormod ^a   Lindblom, Lotta ^a   Lindstrøm, Ulf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diets; Greenland Sea; Hooded seals; Pack ice

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CEPHALOPOD; COASTAL WATER; DIET; FISH; GADOID; ICE DRIFT; PACK ICE; PINNIPED; PREY PREFERENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

AMMODYTES; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CEPHALOPODA; CYSTOPHORA (MAMMALIA); CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; GONATUS FABRICII; HYPOPTYCHIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; SEBASTES SP.;

EID: 34249666699     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000701358531     Document Type: Article

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