Projecting the effects of environmental change on Antarctic seals

• Main Authors: Donald B Siniff, Robert A Garrott, Jay J Rotella, William R Fraser, David G Ainley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arthur Harbour; Hydrurga; McMurdo Sound; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1050.8398; http://www.penguinscience.com/Paper%209.pdf

Abstract: We consider how Antarctic seals may respond to changes in climate, realizing that anthropogenic alteration of food webs will influence these responses. The species considered include the ice-obligatecrabeater (Lobodon carcinophaga), Weddell (Leptonychotes weddellii), Ross (Ommataphoca ross...