Regional Variation in Winter Foraging Strategies by Weddell Seals in Eastern Antarctica and the Ross Sea

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Harcourt, Rob, Hindell, Mark A., McMahon, Clive R., Goetz, Kimberly T., Charrassin, Jean-Benoit, Heerah, Karine, Holser, Rachel, Jonsen, Ian D., Shero, Michelle R., Hoenner, Xavier, Foster, Rose, Lenting, Baukje, Tarszisz, Esther, Pinkerton, Matthew Harry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Prydz Bay; Weddell; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.720335; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.720335/full

The relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of animal foraging is often difficult to quantify. The most southerly breeding mammal, the Weddell seal, remains in the Antarctic pack-ice year-round. We compared Weddell seals tagged at three geographically and hydrographically distinc...