Cheap and accessible method to aid individual photo-identification of grey seals, Halichoerus grypus

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1337-1343

  Beaumont, Ellen S ^a   Goold, John C ^b  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b Bridge Marine Science Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; IPS;

EID: 35348929942     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055907     Document Type: Article

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