Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) decline continues in the rapidly changing landscape of Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 1992-2008

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 686-697

  Womble, Jamie N ^a,b   Pendleton, Grey W ^c   Mathews, Elizabeth A ^d   Blundell, Gail M ^c   Bool, Natalie M ^a   Gende, Scott M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII;

EID: 77954509576     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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