Environmental influences on the at-sea behaviour of a major consumer, Mirounga leonina, in a rapidly changing environment

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: McIntyre, Trevor, Bornemann, Horst, de Bruyn, P.J. Nico, Reisinger, Ryan R., Steinhage, Daniel, Márquez, Maria E.I., Bester, Marthán N., Plötz, Joachim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Southern elephant seals; foraging ecology; satellite-relay data loggers; King George Island; Isla 25 de Mayo; at-sea behaviour; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scotia Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Weddell; 25 de Mayo; isla 25 de Mayo; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Polar Research; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3153; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23808

Understanding the distribution and foraging ecology of major consumers within pelagic systems, specifically in relation to physical parameters, can be important for the management of bentho-pelagic systems undergoing rapid change associated with global climate change and other anthropogenic disturba...