Forced into an ecological corner: Round-the-clock deep foraging on small prey by elephant seals

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Adachi, Taiki, Takahashi, Akinori, Costa, Daniel P., Robinson, Patrick W., Hückstädt, Luis A., Peterson, Sarah H., Holser, Rachel R., Beltran, Roxanne S., Keates, Theresa R., Naito, Yasuhiko
• Other Authors: Office of Naval Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
• Subjects: Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg3628; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg3628; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.abg3628

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