Sizes of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) consumed by the western stock of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska from 1998 to 2000

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-521

  Zeppelin, Tonya K ^a   Tollit, Dominic J ^b   Call, Katherine A ^a   Orchard, Trevor J ^c   Gudmundson, Carolyn J ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SIZE SELECTION;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PLEUROGRAMMUS MONOPTERYGIUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543099828     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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