Approaches to Studying Climatic Change and its Role on the Habitat Selection of Antarctic Pinnipeds
Top predators integrate resources over time and space, and depending on the particular species they represent, different components of the marine environment. The habitat utilization of top predators has been studied using electronic tags to follow their movements and foraging behavior. In addition,...
| Published in: | Integrative and Comparative Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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| Online Access: | http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/6/1018 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq054 |
| Summary: | Top predators integrate resources over time and space, and depending on the particular species they represent, different components of the marine environment. The habitat utilization of top predators has been studied using electronic tags to follow their movements and foraging behavior. In addition, these tags provide information on the physical characteristics of the water column (temperature and salinity) at a scale and resolution that is coincident with the animals’ behavior. In addition to data on the animals’ behavior, these tags provide physical oceanographic data in regions or at times they cannot be collected using other currently available technologies. These data inform us on how these important top predators are likely to respond to climatic change, as well as about how the Southern Ocean is changing. |
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