Foraging habitats of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, from the Northern Antarctic Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 88-89, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-60

  Muelbert, Monica M C ^a   de Souza, Ronald B ^b   Lewis, Mirtha N ^c   Hindell, Mark A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Continental shelves; Foraging behaviour; Mirounga leonina; Polar fronts; Telemetry; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FORAGING BEHAVIOURS; MIROUNGA LEONINA; POLAR FRONT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BATHYMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; TELEMETERING;

ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRY; BREEDING POPULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MIGRATION; PINNIPED; POLAR FRONT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 84875620656     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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