Antarctic pack-ice seal research, February and March 1995

• Main Authors: Bengtson, J.L., Blix, A.S., Boyd, I.L., Cameron, M.F., Hanson, M.B., Laake, J.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: National Science Foundation 1995
• Subjects: Antarctic; Hydrurga; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leptonychotes weddelli; Lobodon carcinophagus
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515422/; https://www.coldregions.org/vufind/Content/ajus

As upper trophic level predators with a circumpolar distribution, the antarctic pack ice seals (crabeater, Lobodon carcinophagus; leopard, Hydrurga leptonyx; Ross, Ommatophoca rossii; and Weddell, Leptonychotes weddelli) provide a potential source of information about ecosystem interactions and environmental variability integrated over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. In recent years, increasing attention has been focused on the need to conduct antarctic pack-ice seal research, and a multifaceted international research initiative to address priority pack-ice seal research topics is being developed: the Antarctic Pack Ice Seals (APIS) Program.