Intraspecific differences in the diet of Antarctic fur seals at Nyrøysa, Bouvetøya

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1171-1178

  Hofmeyr, G J Greg ^a,b   Bester, Marthán N ^a   Kirkman, Steve P ^a,c   Lydersen, Christian ^d   Kovacs, Kit M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Diet; Intersexual differences; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; OTOLITH; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; TELEOST;

BOUVET ISLAND; BOUVETOYA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77955551859     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0805-0     Document Type: Article

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