Short Note: The Antarctic toothfish: How common a prey for Weddell seals?

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-442

  Ponganis, P J ^a   Stockard, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCIFORM; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 35848944354     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000715     Document Type: Article

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