Head striking during fish capture attempts by Steller sea lions and the potential for using head surge acceleration to predict feeding behavior

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Skinner, John P ^a   Norberg, Sarah E ^a   Andrews, Russel D ^a,b  

^a ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration data logger; Eumetopias jubatus; Foraging behavior; Remote monitoring; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMONITORING; BIOTELEMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 77952297042     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00236     Document Type: Article

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