Benthic foraging on seamounts: A specialized foraging behavior in a deep-diving pinniped

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Maxwell, Sara M ^a   Frank, Jessica J ^a   Breed, Greg A ^a   Robinson, Patrick W ^a   Simmons, Samantha E ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^c   Gallo Reynoso, Juan Pablo ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; PINNIPED; SPECIALIZATION;

PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84863507012     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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