Diet of the Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Casaux, R ^a,b,e   Baroni, A ^c   Ramon A ^d   Carlini, A ^a   Bertolin, M ^b   DiPrinzio, C Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Municipalidad de Esquel ^*  (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Diet composition; Leopard Seal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIET; FISH; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DANCO COAST; WEST ANTARCTICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; FELIDAE; GOBIONOTOTHEN GIBBERIFRONS; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MYCTOPHIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 58149484923     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0567-0     Document Type: Article

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