Linking foraging behaviour of the northern elephant seal with oceanography and bathymetry at mesoscales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 346, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-275

  Simmons, Samantha E ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^b   Kudela, Raphael M ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Eddies; Mesoscale; Mirounga angustirostris; Sex; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BATHYMETRY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EDDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GYRE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 35748974193     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07014     Document Type: Article

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