In cold blood: Evidence of Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) predation on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Gulf of Alaska

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-310

  Horning, Markus ^a   Mellish, Jo Ann E ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 84907506705     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7755/FB.112.4.6     Document Type: Article

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