Movements of adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island observed by satellite telemetry

• Main Authors: Ramdohr, S., Plötz, Joachim, Bornemann, Horst, Sellmann, L., Niederjasper, Fred, Hellmer, Hartmut, Martin, Torge, Carlini, A. R., Bester, M. N.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Filchner Trough; King George Island; Pacific; South Shetland Islands; Stranger Point; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5565/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5565/1/S.R2002a.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16130; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16130.d001

The migratory behaviour of adult male southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, from King George Island was studied in relation to sea ice coverage. Fourteen animals were immobilzed and fitted with satellite linked transmitters (Telonics/Wildlife Computers, USA) after the annual moult at their sout...