Southern elephant seal trajectories, fronts and eddies in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Eddies (oceanic); Foraging behavior; Mirounga leonina; Oceanic fronts; Telemetry; Temporal distribution; Bathymetry; Coastal zones; Eddy currents; Ocean currents; Seals; Telemetering; Seawater; biotelemetry; current direction; diurnal variation; diving behavior; eddy; hydrography; juvenile; movement; oceanic front; pinniped; temperature gradient; trajectory; Argentina; Argentine Basin; Atlantic islands; Atlantic Ocean; Chubut; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Patagonian Shelf; South America; Valdes Peninsula; Argentine; Patagonia; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09670637_v53_n12_p1907_Campagna; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09670637_v53_n12_p1907_Campagna

This study describes the association between transient, mesoscale hydrographic features along the axis of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence, in the SW Atlantic, and the foraging behavior of 2-3-year-old (focal) juvenile southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, from Península Valdés, Argentina. Depart...