Regional differences in the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of oceanographie habitat used by Steiler sea lions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1645-1659

  Lander, Michelle E ^a,b   Loughlin, Thomas R ^a   Logsdon, Miles G ^c   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^b   Fadely, Brian S ^a   Fritz, Lowell W ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Chlorophyll a; Composition; Diet; Diversity; Eumetopias jubatus; Gulf of alaska; Heterogeneity; Satellite telemetry; Sea surface temperature; Steiler sea lion

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY LOCATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LIONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 69449094357     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0159.1     Document Type: Article

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