Size and seasonal influences on the foraging range of female grey seals in the northeast Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 531-539

  Cronin, M ^a   Pomeroy, P ^b   Jessopp, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CETACEAN; DATA SET; FAT; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; MOLT; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PINNIPED; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CETACEA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84874224592     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2109-0     Document Type: Article

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