Diving ontogeny and lunar responses in a highly migratory mammal, the northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 233-247

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a,b   Johnson, Devin ^a   Melin, Sharon ^a   Ream, Rolf ^a   Gelatt, Tom ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Lunar; North Pacific; Polar ecosystems; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; PUPA; WEANING;

NORTH AMERICA;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650113076     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08758     Document Type: Article

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