Factors influencing haul-out behaviour in non-reproductive Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Cape Royds, Antarctica.

• Main Author: Aspinwall, Arkady Michael Tadeusz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Weddell; Royds; Cape Royds; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/11898; https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/102764

The Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) are a fast-ice obligate phocid that plays a pivotal role as both predator and prey within the wider Antarctic marine ecosystem. Weddell seals face an uncertain future with the threat of habitat loss and pressures of marine resource extraction from the Sout...