Environmental influences on the at-sea behaviour of a major consumer, Mirounga leonina, in a rapidly changing environment

Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2014, 2014, Pages

  McIntyre, Trevor ^a,b   Bornemann, Horst ^a   Nico de Bruyn, P J ^b   Reisinger, Ryan R ^b   Steinhage, Daniel ^a   Márquez, Maria E I ^c   Bester, Marthán N ^b   Plötz, Joachim ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

At sea behaviour; Foraging ecology; Isla 25 de Mayo; King george island; Satellite relay data loggers; Southern elephant seals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PINNIPED; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 84934780150     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v33.23808     Document Type: Article

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