Southern elephant seal trajectories, fronts and eddies in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1907-1924

  Campagna, Claudio ^a,b   Piola, Alberto R ^c,d   Rosa Marin, Maria ^a   Lewis, Mirtha ^a   Fernández, Teresita ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eddies (oceanic); Foraging behavior; Mirounga leonina; Oceanic fronts; Telemetry; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; EDDY CURRENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEALS; TELEMETERING;

EDDIES (OCEANIC); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIROUNGA LEONINA; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEAWATER;

BIOTELEMETRY; CURRENT DIRECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EDDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; OCEANIC FRONT; PINNIPED; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRAJECTORY;

ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUBUT; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); PATAGONIAN SHELF; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDES PENINSULA;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 33751160147     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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