Identification of foraging dives in free-ranging Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii: Confirmation using video records

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-275

  Madden, K M ^a   Fuiman, L A ^a   Williams, T M ^b   Davis, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Classification; Geographical variation; Marine mammal; McMurdo Sound; Silverfish

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; TAXONOMY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52249113280     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07396     Document Type: Article

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