Classification and behavior of free-ranging Weddell seal dives based on three-dimensional movements and video-recorded observations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 88-89, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-77

  Davis, Randall W ^a   Fuiman, Lee A ^b   Madden, Kiersten M ^b   Williams, Terrie M ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diving; Foraging behavior; Marine mammals; Three dimensional movements; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; MARINE MAMMALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT; WEDDELL SEALS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAMMALS;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PINNIPED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; THYSANURA;

EID: 84875604363     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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