Leucistic Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Marion Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1355-1358

  De Bruyn, P J Nico ^a   Pistorius, Pierre A ^a   Tosh, Cheryl A ^a   Bester, Marthán N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazella; Leucism; Marion Island

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; MOLT; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; PIGMENT; PINNIPED; POPULATION MIGRATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA;

EID: 34547843540     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0320-0     Document Type: Article

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