Aspects of the ecology of Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii along the Mawson Coastline, East Antarctica ...

• Main Author: Pike, RJ
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Auster; Auster Islands; East Antarctica; Fold Island; Kemp Land; MacRobertson Land; Mawson Coast; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23243396; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Aspects_of_the_ecology_of_Weddell_seals_Leptonychotes_weddellii_along_the_Mawson_Coastline_East_Antarctica/23243396

This study investigated the diet and patterns in occurrence of haul-out sites of Weddell seals along the Mawson coast of East Antarctica. Seats of Weddell seals (n = 303) were collected from 139 seal haul-out sites along 250 km of coast between Fold Island (Kemp Land coast - 66.83°S, 58.79°E...