Drifting away: Implications of changes in ice conditions for a pack-ice-breeding phocid, the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1050-1062

  Bajzak, C E ^a   Hammill, M O ^a   Stenson, G B ^b   Prinsenberg, S ^c  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ICE COVER; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEANING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 80355147454     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-081     Document Type: Article

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