Intra-archipelago moult dispersion of southern elephant seals at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-462

  Oosthuizen, W C ^a   Bester, M N ^a   de Bruyn, P J N ^a   Hofmeyr, G J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capture heterogeneity; Dispersal; Markresight; Mirounga leonina; Movement; Prince Edward Islands; Site fidelity; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; DISPERSAL; FIELD SURVEY; HOMOGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLT; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SUBARCTIC REGION; TAGGING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 77955552774     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2009.31.3.20.1008     Document Type: Article

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