At surface behaviour of juvenile and female southern elephant seals from King George Island from expeditions JUB1996 and JUB1997, supplement to: Bornemann, Horst; Kreyscher, Martin; Ramdohr, Sven; Martin, Thomas; Carlini, Alejandro R; Sellmann, Lutz; Plötz, Joachim (2000): Southern elephant seal movements and Antarctic sea ice. Antarctic Science, 12(1), 3-15

• Main Authors: Bornemann, Horst, Kreyscher, Martin, Ramdohr, Sven, Martin, Thomas, Carlini, Alejandro R, Sellmann, Lutz, Plötz, Joachim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2000
• Subjects: Marine endotherm; JUB1996; JUB1997; Dallmann Laboratory; Marine Mammal Tracking MMT; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; De Gerlache; De Gerlache Seamounts; Gerlache; King George Island; Pacific; Sven; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.586824; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.586824

Between December 1996 and February 1997, weaned pups and postmoult female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were fitted with satellite transmitters at King George Island (South Shetlands). Of the nine adult females tracked for more than two months, three stayed in a localized area between t...