Long distance movements and disjunct spatial use of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Inland waters of the Pacific Northwest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Peterson, Sarah H ^a,c   Lance, Monique M ^b   Jeffries, Steven J ^b   Acevedo Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KERNEL METHOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYS; FEMALE; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHOCA;

EID: 84862497073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039046     Document Type: Article

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