Distribution, density and abundance of Antarctic ice seals off Queen Maud Land and the eastern Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Gurarie, Eliezer, Bengtson, John L, Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt, Blix, Arnoldus Schytte, Cameron, Michael, Bornemann, Horst, Nordøy, Erling Sverre, Plötz, Joachim, Steinhage, Daniel, Boveng, Peter
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Marine Mammal Tracking; MMT; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Austral; Pacific; Norway; Indian; Weddell; Queen Maud Land; Hydrurga; Antarc*; Crabeater Seal; Crabeater Seals; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals; Polar Biology; Ross Seal; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.864582; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864582

The Antarctic Pack Ice Seal (APIS) Program was initiated in 1994 to estimate the abundance of four species of Antarctic phocids: the crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga, Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii and leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx and to identify ecological r...