Death age, seasonality, taphonomy and colonization of seal carcasses from Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-16

  Nývlt, Daniel ^a,b   Fišáková, Miriam Nývltová ^c   Barták, Miloš ^a   Stachoå, Zdeněk ^a   Pavel, Václav ^d   Mlčoch, Bedřich ^b   Láska, Kamil ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute of Archaeology   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

James Ross Island; preservation state; Prince Gustav Channel; sea ice; seal behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALGA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LICHEN; MORTALITY; MOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PINNIPED; PRESERVATION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; PRINCE GUSTAV CHANNEL; ULU PENINSULA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS;

EID: 84952636873     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410201500036X     Document Type: Article

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