Latitudinal distribution of penguins, seals and whales observed during a late autumn transect through the Ross Sea

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Van Dam, Robert P ^a   Kooyman, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctic; Emperor penguin; Marine mammals; Pack ice

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE MAMMAL; SEABIRD;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES FORSTERI; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 4944246834     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004002123     Document Type: Article

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