Foraging behaviour of Ross seals in King Haakon VII Sea: an opportunity lost?

• Main Authors: Bester, M. N., de Bruyn, P. J. N., McIntyre, Trevor, Plötz, Joachim, Bornemann, Horst, Naito, Y.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Princess Martha Coast; King Haakon VII Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ross Seal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30551/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39470

A proposed study into the ranging and diving behaviour of Ross seals Ommatophoca rossii in an area of high relative abundance in the eastern Weddell Sea, and their diet through direct (stomach contents and scats) and indirect (dive behaviour, jaw activity recordings and stable isotope analyses) mean...