Acoustic ecology of antarctic pinnipeds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 414, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-291

  Van Opzeeland, Ilse ^a   Van Parijs, Sofie ^b   Bornemann, Horst ^a   Frickenhaus, Stephan ^a   Kindermann, Lars ^a   Klinck, Holger ^c   Plötz, Joachim ^a   Boebel, Olaf ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic ecology; Aquatic mating; Crabeater seal; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard seal; Leptonychotes weddellii; Lobodon carcinophaga; Ommatophoca rossii; Ross seal; Vocal activity; Vocal repertoire; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; NICHE; PINNIPED; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EKSTROM ICE SHELF;

FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGA; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77957725068     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08683     Document Type: Article

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