DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A MASS‐ESTIMATION METHOD FOR WEDDELL SEALS

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Ireland, Darren, Garrott, Robert A., Rotella, Jay, Banfield, Jeff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Weddell; Erebus Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00039.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2006.00039.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00039.x

Abstract Traditional methods of acquiring mass data limit the ability to collect large samples from across populations of some pinnipeds, or to sample without great disturbance to the animals. In order to collect substantial samples of mass data from the Weddell seal ( Leptonychotes weddellii ) popu...