Effect of variable oceanic productivity on the survival of an upper trophic predator, the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 346, Issue , 2007, Pages 277-283

  Baker, Jason D ^a,b   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Howell, Evan A ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hawaiian monk seal; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Productivity; Survival; Time lag

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TRANSITION ZONE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 35748971027     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06968     Document Type: Article

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