Three-dimensional resting behaviour of northern elephant seals: Drifting like a falling leaf

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Mitani, Yoko ^a,b,c   Andrews, Russel D ^d   Sato, Katsufumi ^a,e   Kato, Akiko ^a,f   Naito, Yasuhiko ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift dives; Northern elephant seals; Threedimensional diving behaviour

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; PINNIPED; PREDATION; RESTING STAGE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 77951443563     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0719     Document Type: Article

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