Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor), HINDELL, MARK A. (collaborator), HINDELL, MARK A. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HINDELL, MARK A. (author), Hindell, M.A. (originator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS; BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > CONSUMPTION RATES; MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; DIVING PHYSIOLOGY; ELEPHANT SEALS; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Southern Elephant Seals; Southern Ocean; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/diving-physiology-energy-elephant-seals/2820672

Progress Code: completed Southern elephant seals are among the deepest diving of all marine mammals. This study examined physiological and behavioural mechanisms used by the seals to conserve energy while diving and estimated metabolic rate. Data were collected on Time Depth Recorders (TDRs), and stored in hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal files can be read using 'Instrument Helper', a free download from Wildlife Computers (see the provided URL).