Refining instrument attachment on phocid seals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Field, Iain C ^a   Harcourt, Robert G ^a   Boehme, Lars ^b   De Bruyn, P J Nico ^c   Charrassin, Jean Benoit ^d   Mcmahon, Clive R ^e   Bester, Marthán N ^c   Fedak, Mike A ^b   Hindell, Mark A ^f  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; INSTRUMENTATION; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 84857875872     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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