Foraging effort of juvenile Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus with respect to heterogeneity of sea surface temperature

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-158

  Lander, Michelle E ^a,b   Loughlin, Thomas R ^a   Logsdon, Miles G ^c   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^b   Fadely, Brian S ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Eumetopias jubatus; Foraging effort; Fractal dimension; Frontal features; Gradients; Sea surface temperature; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL FEATURE; JUVENILE; MODIS; PINNIPED; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 77952319069     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00260     Document Type: Article

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