Goose barnacles hitchhike on satellite-tracked southern elephant seals

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-564

  Reisinger, Ryan R ^a   McIntyre, Trevor ^a   Bester, Marthán N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lepas australis; Southern elephant seal; Southern Ocean; Species transport

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; PINNIPED; POLAR REGION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONCEPT; TRACKING;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANSER; LEPADIDAE; LEPAS AUSTRALIS; MIROUNGA LEONINA; THORACICA;

EID: 77952421319     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0724-0     Document Type: Article

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