Effect of seasonal changes in upwelling activity on the foraging locations of a wide-ranging central-place forager, the New Zealand fur seal

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 774-789

  Baylis, A M M ^a,b,c   Page, B ^b   Goldsworthy, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; OCEANIC FRONT; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE GANTHEAUME; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 49249097069     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-055     Document Type: Article

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