Responses of pinnipeds to navy missile launches at San Nicolas Island, California

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Holst, Meike ^a   Greene Jr , Charles R ^b   Richardson, W John ^a   McDonald, Trent L ^c   Bay, Kimberly ^c   Schwartz, Steven J ^d   Smith, Grace ^d  

^a LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b Greeneridge Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lion; Disturbance; Harbor seal; Launch sounds; Mirounga angustirostris; Missiles; Northern elephant seal; Phoca vitulina; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 79960751107     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.2.2011.139     Document Type: Article

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