Deep divers in shallow seas: Southern elephant seals on the Patagonian shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1792-1814

  Campagna, Claudio ^a,b   Piola, Alberto R ^c,d   Marin, Maria Rosa ^a   Lewis, Mirtha ^a   Zajaczkovski, Uriel ^c,d   Fernández, Teresita ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Elephant seals; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

ELEPHANT SEALS; PATAGONIA; PHYTOPLANKTON CONCENTRATIONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; DIEL MIGRATION; DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF BREAK;

ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUBUT; PATAGONIAN SHELF; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDES PENINSULA;

MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 36749071520     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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