Effects of Hydrographic Variability on the Spatial, Seasonal and Diel Diving Patterns of Southern Elephant Seals in the Eastern Weddell Sea

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Biuw, Martin, Nøst, Ole Anders, Stien, Audun, Zhou, Qin, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2010
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Bouvetøya; Dronning Maud Land; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972216; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072199; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013816

Weddell Sea hydrography and circulation is driven by influx of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) at its eastern margin. Entrainment and upwelling of this high-nutrient, oxygen-depleted water mass within the Weddell Gyre also supports the mesopelagic ecosystem...