An apparent population decrease, or change in distribution, of Weddell seals along the Victoria Land coast

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Ainley, David G., Larue, Michelle A., Stirling, Ian, Stammerjohn, Sharon, Siniff, Donald B.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, University of Canterbury
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; Weddell; Edisto; Edisto Inlet; Moubray Bay; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12220; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmms.12220; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12220; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/mms.12220

Abstract Ground counts during 1959–1968 compared with counts using high resolution (0.6 m 2 ) satellite imagery during 2008–2012 indicated many fewer Weddell seals ( Leptonychotes weddellii ) at two major molting areas in the western Ross Sea: Edisto Inlet‐Moubray Bay, northern Victoria Land, and Mc...