Upper ocean stratification and sea ice growth rates during the summer-fall transition, as revealed by Elephant seal foraging in the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Williams, G. D., Hindell, M., Houssais, M. N., Tamura, T., Field, I. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Commonwealth Bay; East Antarctica; George V Land; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Iceberg*; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/f740c793-b8cd-4c9e-9f55-a48e8395e88a; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-185-2011; https://research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/files/62380339/Publisher%20version%20(open%20access).pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952640149&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), fitted with Conductivity-Temperature-Depth sensors at Macquarie Island in January 2005 and 2010, collected unique oceanographic observations of the Adélie and George V Land continental shelf (140-148° E) during the summer-fall transition (late February thr...