Temporal structure of diving behaviour in sympatric Antarctic and subantarctic fur seals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-287

  Luque, Sebastián P ^a,b   Arnould, John P Y ^c   Guinet, Christophe ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archival tags; Diel trends; Diurnal activity; Foraging behaviour; Foraging niche segregation; Myctophidae; Optimal foraging; Syntopy

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; SYMPATRY;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MYCTOPHIDAE; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 58249109862     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07689     Document Type: Article

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