To pup or not to pup? Using physiology and dive behavior to answer the Weddell Seal's overwinter question

• Main Author: Shero, Michelle R.
• Other Authors: Mellish, Jo-Ann, Burns, Jennifer, Hardy, Sarah, Costa, Daniel, Buck, C. Loren
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Erebus Bay; Fairbanks; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6123

Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015 Female Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) haul-out on the fast-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent in October and November each year to give birth to and nurse their pups. Breeding follows directly after weaning (December) and the an...