Humans and the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-139

  Burton, Harry ^a   Hoff, John Van Den ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Cephalopods; Climate change; Diet; Fisheries; Fisheries interactions; Human disturbance; Mirounga leonina; Myctophidae; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Sea ice position; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983504828     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM02127     Document Type: Article

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