Weddell seals as autonomous sensors of the winter oceanography of the Ross Sea

• Main Author: Costa, Daniel Paul
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Oceans; Ross Sea; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Terra Nova Bay; Weddell; Seymour; Antarc*; Iceberg*; IPY; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600025

Abstract: Marine mammals of the Southern Ocean have evolved diverse life history patterns and foraging strategies to accommodate extreme fluctuations in the physical and biological environment. In light of ongoing climate change and the dramatic shifts in the extent and persistence of sea ice in the...