Grey seals - A homecoming species in the Wadden Sea

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Czeck, Richard ^a   Paul, Maike ^b  

^a National Park Administration Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; Kachelotplate; Lower Saxony; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 62149114445     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03055290     Document Type: Article

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