Southern elephant seal foraging success in relation to temperature and light conditions: Insight into prey distribution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-301

  Guinet, Christophe ^a   Vacquié Garcia, Jade ^a   Picard, Baptiste ^a   Bessigneul, Guillaume ^a   Lebras, Yves ^a   Dragon, Anne Cécile ^a,b   Viviant, Morgane ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^c   Bailleul, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diving behaviour; Foraging success; Light; Prey; Southern elephant seals; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; ELLIPSE; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EFFECT; PINNIPED; POLAR FRONT; PREY AVAILABILITY; TAGGING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84895553237     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10660     Document Type: Article

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