The effects of El Niño–La Niña on reproductive parameters of elephant seals feeding in the Bellingshausen Sea

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Vergani, D. F., Labraga, J. C., Stanganelli, Z. B., Dunn, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Alexander Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; King George Island; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01780.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2007.01780.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01780.x

Abstract Aim To assess the impacts of El Niño–La Niña events on the pup weaning mass and diet of female southern elephant seals ( Mirounga leonina ) feeding in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, and to understand the ecological processes that drive these impacts. Location Atlantic southern elephant...