Southern Elephant Seal Foraging in the Southern Ocean

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; MAMMALS; MIGRATORY RATES/ROUTES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; USE/FEEDING HABITATS; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; CARNIVORES; % TRIP DIVING; AGE; AREA; AT SEA MASS GAIN; BEARING; BODY SIZE; CCAMLR; DAYS AT SEA; DEPARTURE MASS; DIVE DURATION; DIVERS PER HOUR; DIVES; DRIFT; EEZ; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREAS; FORAGING; FORAGING AREAS; GEOLOCATION; GIRTH; JUVENILE; LATITUDE; LENGTH; LONGITUDE; MACQUARIE ISLAND; MIGRATION; MIROUNGA LEONINA; OCEAN FRONTS; PERCENT; PERIMETER; RANGE; RATE OF MASS GAIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEAL ID; SEASON; SEX; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE TIME; SURVIVAL ESTIMATES; THEORETICAL AEROBIC DIVE LIMIT; TIME; TIME DEPTH RECORDER; TOTAL TIME DIVING; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Campbell Plateau; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/southern-elephant-seal-southern-ocean/685833; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_468; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=1307; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=468; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_468

Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. Twenty three juvenile (8-14 months of age) southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) from Macquarie Island were tracked during 1993 and 1995. Migratory tracks and ocean areas with concentrated activity, presumed to be foraging grounds, w...