At surface behaviour, dive depth and dive duration and associated hydrographic data of adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island from expedition JUB2010 with links to datasets ...

• Main Authors: McIntyre, Trevor, Bornemann, Horst, de Bruyn, P J Nico, Reisinger, Ryan R, Steinhage, Daniel, Márquez, María Elba Isabel, Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt, Plötz, Joachim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Marine Mammal Tracking MMT; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Elephant Seals; Isla 25 de Mayo; King George Island; Mirounga leonina; Scotia Sea; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.821555; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.821555

Understanding the distribution and foraging ecology of major consumers within pelagic systems, specifically in relation to physical parameters, can be important for the management of bentho-pelagic systems undergoing rapid change associated with global climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances such as fishing (i.e., the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea). We tracked 11 adult male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), during their five-month post-moult foraging migrations from King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo), northern Antarctic Peninsula, using tags capable of recording and transmitting behavioural data and in situ temperature and salinity data. Seals foraged mostly within the Weddell-Scotia Confluence, while a few foraged along the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf of the Bellingshausen Sea. Mixed model outputs suggest that the at-sea behaviour of seals was associated with a number of environmental parameters, especially seafloor depth, sea-ice concentrations and the temperature ... : Supplement to: McIntyre, Trevor; Bornemann, Horst; de Bruyn, P J Nico; Reisinger, Ryan R; Steinhage, Daniel; Márquez, María Elba Isabel; Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt; Plötz, Joachim (2014): Environmental influences on the at-sea behaviour of a major consumer, Mirounga leonina, in a rapidly changing environment. Polar Research, 33, 23808 ...