Dive depth and dive duration data of male southern elephant seals from Marion Island between 2004 and 2008 with links to datasets

• Main Authors: McIntyre, Trevor, Bornemann, Horst, Plötz, Joachim, Tosh, Cheryl Ann, Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: MAR2004; MAR2004_sel_s_m_17; MAR2004_sel_u_m_09; MAR2004_sel_y_m_16; MAR2005; MAR2005_sel_s_m_02; MAR2005_sel_s_m_03; MAR2005_sel_s_m_05; MAR2006; MAR2006_sel_s_m_03; MAR2006_sel_s_m_04; MAR2007; MAR2007_sel_a_m_10; MAR2007_sel_a_m_11; MAR2007_sel_a_m_12; MAR2007_sel_a_m_13; MAR2007_sel_a_m_14; MAR2007_sel_a_m_15; MAR2007_sel_a_m_23; MAR2008; MAR2008_sel_a_m_04; MAR2008_sel_a_m_19; MAR2008_sel_a_m_20; MAR2008_sel_a_m_24; MAR2008_sel_a_m_25; MAR2008_sel_s_m_01; MAR2008_sel_s_m_02; MAR2008_sel_s_m_03; MAR2008_sel_s_m_05; Marine endotherm; Marine Mammal Tracking; Marion Island Research Station; MET; MMT; Southern Ocean - Indian sector; Southern Ocean; Indian; Antarctic Science; Elephant Seals; Marion Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.800262; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800262

We describe the habitat use of 22 male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) satellite tagged at Marion Island between 2004 and 2008. While a few areas of increased utilization appeared to be associated with areas of shallower bathymetry (such as sea-floor ridges and fracture zones), seals in o...