Sea otter female and pup activity budgets, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 883-892

  Osterrieder, Sylvia K ^a   Davis, Randall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

activity time budget; Alaska; Enhydra lutris; female and pup behaviour; sea otter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GROOMING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSTELID; SURVIVAL; TIME ALLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79956032682     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001426     Document Type: Article

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