Foraging behaviour indicates marginal marine habitat for New Zealand sea lions: Remnant versus recolonising populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 432, Issue , 2011, Pages 247-256

  Auge A A ^a   Chilvers, B L ^b   Moore, A B ^a   Davis, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marginal; Marine conservation; Phocarctos hookeri; Pinnipeds; Satellite tracking; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; MARGINAL SEA; MARINE PARK; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEALING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; CAMPBELL ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 79959725221     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09176     Document Type: Article

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