Colony-specific foraging areas of lactating New Zealand fur seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 361, Issue , 2008, Pages 279-290

  Baylis, Alastair Martin Mitri ^a,b,c   Page, Brad ^b   Goldsworthy, Simon David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Falkland Islands Government   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Colony separation; Foraging ecology; Meta population; New Zealand fur seal; Subtropical front

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; METAPOPULATION; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE DU COUEDIC; CAPE GANTHEAUME; KANGAROO ISLAND; LIGUANEA ISLAND; NEPTUNE ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 47149086772     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07258     Document Type: Article

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