The effects of El Niño-La Niña on reproductive parameters of elephant seals feeding in the Bellingshausen Sea

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-256

  Vergani, D F ^a   Labraga, J C ^b   Stanganelli, Z B ^c   Dunn, M ^d  

^a Centro de Estudios Territoriales (CET) del Chubut   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c Dirección General de Catastro e Información Territorial DGCeIT Provincia del Chubut   (Argentina)

^d Cree Regional Authority Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bellingshausen Sea; Elephant seal; ENSO; King George Island; Mirounga leonina; Psychroteuthis glacialis; Squid

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; EL NINO; FEEDING; FEEDING GROUND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LA NINA; PINNIPED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOMACH CONTENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEANING;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CEPHALOPODA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PSYCHROTEUTHIS GLACIALIS;

EID: 38149070793     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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