Animation of male southern elephant seal movements in relation to Antarctic sea ice cover

The movie shows the region of the Antarctic Peninsula (land mask: dark grey; ice shelf: light grey). Sea ice cover (colour coded) is shown in a daily time series beginning 2000-03-01 for 12 month. Adult male southern elephant seals (white circle symbols) had been equipped with satellite transmitters...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin, Thomas, Ramdohr, Sven, Plötz, Joachim, Bornemann, Horst, Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt, Carlini, Alejandro R, Sellmann, Lutz
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2006
Subjects:
Marine Mammal Tracking MMT
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarc*
Elephant Seal
Elephant Seals
Ice Shelf
Sea ice
Southern Elephant Seal
Southern Elephant Seals
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.509404
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.509404
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Summary:The movie shows the region of the Antarctic Peninsula (land mask: dark grey; ice shelf: light grey). Sea ice cover (colour coded) is shown in a daily time series beginning 2000-03-01 for 12 month. Adult male southern elephant seals (white circle symbols) had been equipped with satellite transmitters at King George Island (South Shetland Islands). The individual symbols appear in red for the initial and terminal location of each seal.

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