An Overview of the Ecology of Antarctic Seals

• Published in: American Zoologist
• Main Author: SINIFF, DONALD B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Hydrurga; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Arctocephalus gazella; baleen whales; Elephant Seal; Euphausia superba; Hydrurga leptonyx; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/31/1/143; https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/31.1.143

Four species of seals occupy the pack-ice region of the oceans surrounding the Antarctic Continent. These seals include the crabeater ( Lobodon cardnophagus ), leopard ( Hydrurga leptonyx ), weddell ( Leplonychotes weddellii ), and ross ( Ommatophoca rossii ), and are true seals with special adaptat...