Weddell seal monitoring in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: a novel approach

• Main Author: Dyer, Shanelle
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; McMurdo Sound; Weddell; Scott Base; Razorback; Turtle Rock; Dellbridge Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish; Antarctica; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/11308; https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/102260

The Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area (MPA) was implemented to understand ecosystem dynamics and ensure that the Antarctic toothfish industry was not impacting key toothfish predators in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Weddell seals, a named focal species of the MPA, are studied to help understand the...