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Cooperative foraging behaviour by crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) at Pleneau Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2014

Michael D. Gottfried
Michael D. Gottfried*
Affiliation:
Geological Sciences & Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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gottfriedmd@gmail.com
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Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 263 - 264
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2014 

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