Foraging habitats of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, from the Northern Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Muelbert, Monica M. C., de Souza, Ronald B., Lewis, Mirtha Noemi, Hindell, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Bathymetry; Continental Shelves; Foraging Behaviour; Mirounga Leonina; Polar Fronts; Telemetry; Temporal Distribution; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; King George Island; Weddell; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; South Atlantic Ocean; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/83131

Elephant Island (EI) is uniquely placed to provide southern elephant seals (SES) breeding there with potential access to foraging grounds in the Weddell Sea, the frontal zones of the South Atlantic Ocean, the Patagonian shelf and the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Quantifying where seals from EI...