Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) annual distribution, diving behaviour, breeding and moulting, off Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1449-1458

  Blix, Arnoldus Schytte ^a   Nordøy, Erling S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Diving; Krill; Myctophid fish; Pack ice; Southern Ocean; Squid

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MOLT; PINNIPED; POLAR FRONT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAGGING; TELEOST;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYCTOPHIDAE; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; POLARIBACTER;

EID: 34548537192     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0306-y     Document Type: Article

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