Postbranding survival of steller sea lion pups at lowrie island in southeast Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1040-1051

  Hastings, Kelly K ^a   Gelatt, Tom S ^a   King, James C ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

branding; Eumetopias jubatus; markrecapture; northern sea lion; pinnipeds; Southeast Alaska; survival

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; LOWRIE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 72449201599     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-208     Document Type: Article

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