Data_Sheet_1_Regional Variation in Winter Foraging Strategies by Weddell Seals in Eastern Antarctica and the Ross Sea.PDF

• Main Authors: Rob Harcourt (7616999), Mark A. Hindell (7617005), Clive R. McMahon (9138394), Kimberly T. Goetz (9944333), Jean-Benoit Charrassin (3355646), Karine Heerah (577172), Rachel Holser (5015564), Ian D. Jonsen (11466535), Michelle R. Shero (11466538), Xavier Hoenner (152658), Rose Foster (11466541), Baukje Lenting (6325808), Esther Tarszisz (9597791), Matthew Harry Pinkerton (11466544)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; marine protected areas; Antarctica; marine ecosystems; bathymetry; ecosystem monitoring; Weddell seals; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.720335.s001

The relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of animal foraging is often difficult to quantify. The most southerly breeding mammal, the Weddell seal, remains in the Antarctic pack-ice year-round. We compared Weddell seals tagged at three geographically and hydrographically distinc...