The diet of the weddell seal leptonychotes weddellii at Laurie Island, South orkney Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 833-838

  Casaux, R ^a,b,c   Carlini, A ^a   Corbalan A ^a   Bertolin, L ^b   Diprinzio, C Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diet; Fish; Krill; South Orkney Islands; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PELAGIC FISH; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA; LAURIE ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; GOBIONOTOTHEN GIBBERIFRONS; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; OCTOPODA;

EID: 67349264060     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0583-8     Document Type: Article

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