A statistical investigation of the behavioural responses of a deep diving predator to mesoscale oceanographic features

• Main Author: Massie, Philip
• Other Authors: Ansorge, Isabelle Jane, Mcintyre, Trevor, Ryan, Peter G
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2014
• Subjects: Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Elephant Seals; Marion Island; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9194; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/9194/1/thesis_sci_2014_massie_p.pdf

Includes bibliographical references. Marion Island lies directly in the path of the ACC and to the south-west of the island is an extensive region of high sea level anomaly variability (eddy field). Previous research has shown how southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Island and Peninsula Valdés ha...