Fine-scale habitat selection of crabeater seals as determined by diving behavior

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Burns, J., Hindell, M., Bradshaw, C., Costa, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2008
• Subjects: polar regions; Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; plankton; Marguerite Bay; zooplankton; bathymetry; cycles; depth; Night; models; Position; Antarctic Ocean; satellites; concentration; ice; Winter; habitat; fine-grained materials; Antarctic; Marguerite; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Crabeater Seals; Euphausia superba; Lobodon carcinophagus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/48253; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.012

Previous studies within the Marguerite Bay region of the Antarctic Peninsula (∼67°S, ∼67°W) demonstrated that during winter, crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) were not randomly distributed across available habitat, but instead were more likely to be located in nearshore waters where bathymetri...