Environmental influences on the at-sea behaviour of a major consumer, Mirounga leonina, in a rapidly changing environment

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Trevor McIntyre, Horst Bornemann, P.J. Nico de Bruyn, Ryan R. Reisinger, Daniel Steinhage, Maria E.I. Márquez, Marthán N. Bester, Joachim Plötz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Southern elephant seals; foraging ecology; satellite-relay data loggers; King George Island; Isla 25 de Mayo; at-sea behaviour; geo; envir; 25 de Mayo; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; isla 25 de Mayo; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Polar Research; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23808; https://doaj.org/article/d4a52639fc654465a5041eab2b2af5e4

Understanding the distribution and foraging ecology of major consumers within pelagic systems, specifically in relation to physical parameters, can be important for the management of bentho-pelagic systems undergoing rapid change associated with global climate change and other anthropogenic disturba...