Tracking changes in relative body composition of southern elephant seals using swim speed data

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 370, Issue , 2008, Pages 249-261

  Thums, Michele ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b,c   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Buoyancy; Foraging success; Lipid content; Mirounga leonina; Southern ocean; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; STOMACH CONTENT; SWIMMING; TRACKING; VELOCITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 56749163894     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07613     Document Type: Article

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