The Marine Mammal Programme at the Prince Edward Islands: 38 years of research

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 511-521

  Bester, M N ^a   de Bruyn, P J N ^a   Oosthuizen, W C ^a   Tosh, C A ^a   McIntyre, T ^a   Reisinger, R R ^a   Postma, M ^a   van der Merwe, D S ^a   Wege, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; foraging ecology; killer whale; population dynamics; southern elephant seal; Subantarctic fur seal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH WORK; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEASONALITY; SYMPATRY; WHALE;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; ORCINUS ORCA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84856097075     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.637356     Document Type: Article

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