Environmental and biotic influences on the haulout behavior of Phoca Vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758) and Halichoerus Grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
Pinnipeds are the only group of mammals which exist in complete familiarity with the terrestrial and marine environments. -- A colony of 423 Phoca vitulina and 82 Halichoerus grypus, legislatively protected in the Grand Barachois, Miquelon, were examined as to their behaviour permitting them to util...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
1973
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Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/7541/ https://research.library.mun.ca/7541/1/Button_ClarenceE.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/7541/3/Button_ClarenceE.pdf |