Post-Breeding Season Migrations of a Top Predator, the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), from a Marine Protected Area in Alaska

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Womble, Jamie N ^a,b   Gende, Scott M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLACIER; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; PHOCA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84874005736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055386     Document Type: Article

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