Summer foraging behaviour of female sea otters (Enhydra lutris) with pups in simpson bay, Alaska

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-489

  Osterrieder, Sylvia K ^a   Davis, Randall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Enhydra lutris; Foraging females with pups; Habitat choice; Sea otter; Water depth

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE MAMMAL; MATERNAL CARE; WATER DEPTH;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SIMPSON BAY; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951735686     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.4.2009.481     Document Type: Article

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