Food transit times in captive leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx)

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-99

  Hall Aspland, Sophie ^a,b,d   Rogers, Tracey ^a,c   Canfield, Rhondda ^a   Tripovich, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BATCHELOR INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS TERTIARY EDUCATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beads; Complex diet; Extended; Passage rate; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

DIET; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; POISSON RATIO; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 78751622100     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0862-4     Document Type: Article

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