Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of Steller sea lions in the Kodiak Archipelago, 1999 to 2005

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 265-283

  McKenzie, Jane ^a   Wynne, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodytes hexapterus; Diet overlap; Eumetopias jubatus; Forage fish; Gulf of Alaska; Prey; Seasonal; Theragra chalcogramma

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FLATFISH; FORAGE; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; OTARIIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 46949103393     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07383     Document Type: Article

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