Evaluation of the captive care and post-release behavior and survival of seven juvenile female Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-353

  Norris, Tenaya A ^a   Littnan, Charles L ^b   Gulland, Frances M D ^a  

^a THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive care; Foraging behavior; Hawaiian monk seal; Juvenile survival; Monachus schauinslandi; Post release monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; JUVENILE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 84856178957     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.3.2011.342     Document Type: Article

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