Effect of animal-borne camera and flash on the diving behaviour of the female Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1179-1192

  Heaslip, Susan G ^a   Hooker, Sascha K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Camera; Diving; Foraging; Time depth recorder; Vision

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

DATA-LOGGING; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; LONGER WAVELENGTHS (1.5-3.0 A); NEAR INFRA-RED (NIR); POTENTIAL EFFECTS; REMAINED CONSTANT; VERTICAL MIGRATION; VISUAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL STIMULUS;

CAMERAS;

CRUSTACEAN; DIEL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 48349122481     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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