Hooker's sea lion  (Phocarctos hookeri)

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Glossary

By-catch: In the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone.
Territory: Areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List 2007 (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Seal Conservation Society (March, 2004)
    http://www.pinnipeds.org/species/nzslion.htm
  3. Animal Diversity Web (March, 2008)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phocarctos_hookeri.html
  4. UNEP WCMC Species Database (March, 2004)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/index.html?http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/nzsealio.htm~main
  5. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  6. Costa, D.P. and Gales, N.J. (2000) Foraging energetics and diving behaviour of lactating New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri. Experimental Biology, 23: 3655 - 3665.
  7. Seal Conservation Society- New Zealand Sea Lion Mass Mortality (March, 2008)
    http://www.pinnipeds.org/hookeri.htm