Fine-scale feeding behavior of Weddell seals revealed by a mandible accelerometer

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Naito, Yasuhiko ^a   Bornemann, Horst ^b   Takahashi, Akinori ^a,c   McIntyre, Trevor ^d   Plötz, Joachim ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Feeding events; Mandible accelerometer; Sub iceberg feeding; Vocalization; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICEBERG; MATING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SHALLOW WATER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; ATKA BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 77956432700     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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