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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*
Affiliation:
Geological Sciences & Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Abstract

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Biological Sciences
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2014 

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