Selection of diving strategy by Antarctic fur seals depends on where and when foraging takes place

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 255-266

  Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a   Page, Brad ^a   Welling, Andrew ^b   Chambellant, Magaly ^c,e   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Centre National de Recherche Scientifique ^*  (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazelle; Diving; Southern ocean; Spatial foraging; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 77954114656     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08611     Document Type: Article

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