Winter aggregations of marine mammals and birds in the north-eastern Weddell Sea pack ice

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Plötz, J., Weidel, H., Bersch, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Greenwich; Maud Rise; Nivea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Crabeater Seals; Euphausia superba; ice algae; Lobodon carcinophagus; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice; Snow Petrels; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36761/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36761/1/2190.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239022

A seabird and mammal census was carried out in the north-eastern Weddell Sea during the austral winter of 1986. The German research icebreaker Polarstern operated in heavy pack ice along the Greenwich Meridian between the northern sea ice boundary and the Antarctic coast. Crabeater seals (Lobodon ca...