Climate-scale Hydrographic Features Related to Foraging Success in a Capital Breeder, the Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris

• Main Authors: Samantha E. Simmons, Daniel E. Crocker, Jason L. Hassrick, Carey E. Kuhn, Patrick W. Robinson, Yann Tremblay, Daniel P. Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Endangered Species Research 2010
• Subjects: North Pacific; subarctic gyre; transition zone; apex predator; habitat selection; Pacific; Tremblay; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/52689

In marine ecosystems, physical and biological processes act at multiple temporal and spatial scales to influence the distribution of prey species and subsequently habitat selection of foraging apex predators. Understanding how apex predators may respond to climate changes requires knowledge of habit...