Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s
Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s.; The fragile web of life -- The frigid waters that surround Antarctica sustain most of the region's animal life since the land is too cold to support plants beyond moss, lichens, and a few hardy grasses. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centur...
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ftdatacite:10.25549/exbt-m81 2023-05-15T13:34:58+02:00 Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s Unknown 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/exbt-m81 https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF11KUDW1 en eng University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) Weddell seal Dataset dataset 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25549/exbt-m81 2022-03-10T12:05:41Z Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s.; The fragile web of life -- The frigid waters that surround Antarctica sustain most of the region's animal life since the land is too cold to support plants beyond moss, lichens, and a few hardy grasses. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, seals and whales in the area were hunted nearly to extinction. While their numbers are starting to bounce back, they face other dangers to their survival. The population of tiny shrimplike krill, which many Antarctic animals depend on for survival, has dropped precipitously in recent years due to changes in the environment. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Sea ice Weddell Seal DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Weddell |
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Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s.; The fragile web of life -- The frigid waters that surround Antarctica sustain most of the region's animal life since the land is too cold to support plants beyond moss, lichens, and a few hardy grasses. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, seals and whales in the area were hunted nearly to extinction. While their numbers are starting to bounce back, they face other dangers to their survival. The population of tiny shrimplike krill, which many Antarctic animals depend on for survival, has dropped precipitously in recent years due to changes in the environment. |
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Weddell seal under sea ice, Antarctica, 1980s |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Sea ice Weddell Seal |
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