Diet of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Northeast Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Labansen, Aili L ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^b   Levermann, Nette ^c   Haug, Tore ^d   Kovacs, Kit M ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age and sex; Arctic; Diet composition; Inshore; Offshore; Phocids

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AMPHIPOD; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; GADOID; GENERALIST; OPEN WATER; PINNIPED; PREY CAPTURE; SEX ALLOCATION; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 79551674004     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0874-0     Document Type: Article

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