Age-specific recruitment and natality of California sea lions at San Miguel Island, California

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-776

  Melin, Sharon R ^a   Laake, Jeffrey L ^a   Delong, Robert L ^a   Siniff, Donald B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rate; El Ni o; Fecundity; Mark recapture; Pinniped; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Reproduction; Reproductive rate; Sea lion; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; EL NINO; FECUNDITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN MIGUEL ISLAND [CHANNEL ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 84867232858     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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