Thermohaline structure and water masses in the north of Antarctic Peninsula from data collected in situ by southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

• Published in: Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science
• Main Authors: Ilana E. K. C. Wainer, Ronald Buss de Souza, Mark A. Hindell, Mônica M. C. Muelbert, Marcelo Freitas Santini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2013
• Subjects: Thermohaline structure; water masses; Antarctic peninsula; southern elephant seal; austral ocean; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Scotia Sea; Bransfield Strait; Weddell; Elephant Island; Austral Ocean; Antarc*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Ice Shelf; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4136/ambi-agua.893; https://doaj.org/article/9b601ac8b8bd4a1cb476f24a1f2f69ce

The Western Antarctic Peninsula is rapidly warming and exhibits high indices of biodiversity concentrated mostly along its continental shelf. This region has great importance due to the the mixing caused by the interaction of waters from Weddell Sea (MW), Bransfield Strait (EB) and the Antarctic Cir...