Foraging route tactics and site fidelity of adult female northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) around the Pribilof Islands

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 16-17, 2008, Pages 1883-1896

  Call, Katherine A ^a   Ream, Rolf R ^a   Johnson, Devin ^a   Sterling, Jeremy T ^a   Towell, Rodney G ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Biotelemetry; Foraging behavior; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds; Pribilof Islands

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; RANDOM VARIABLES; TRANSMITTERS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASONS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING SITE; FORAGING TRIPS; MARINE MAMMALS; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; MODEL RESULTS; PINNIPEDS; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS; SHELF BREAK; SITE FIDELITY; TRIP DURATION;

LANDFORMS;

BIOTELEMETRY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; PINNIPED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SITE FIDELITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 52049110501     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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