Factors influencing the winter haulout behaviour of Weddell seals: Consequences for satellite telemetry

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Andrews Goff, Virginia ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Field, Iain C ^a,b   Wheatley, Kathryn E ^a,c   Charrassin, Jean Benoît ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Haulout; Satellite telemetry; Weddell seal; Winter

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DIEL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77952311041     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00257     Document Type: Article

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