Creatures of habit: Foraging habitat fidelity of adult female Australian sea lions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 443, Issue , 2011, Pages 249-263

  Lowther, A D ^a,b   Harcourt, R G ^c   Hamer, D J ^d   Goldsworthy, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sea lion; Individual variation; Niche specialization; Otariid; Sea lion; Stable isotopes; Tracking; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONY; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FEMALE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; NICHE; PINNIPED; PREY SELECTION; REEF; SEASONALITY; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACKING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA;

NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 84555203659     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09392     Document Type: Article

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