Adult male southern elephant seals from King George Island utilize the Weddell sea

• Main Authors: Tosh, Cheryl A., Bornemann, Horst, Ramdohr, S., Schroder, Michelle L., Martin, T., Carlini, Alejandro R., Plotz, Joachim, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2009
• Subjects: Adult male southern elephant seals; Southern elephant seal > Antarctica > Weddell Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Filchner Trough; King George Island; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12623

Adult male southern elephant seals instrumented in 2000 on King George Island (n = 13), travelled both to the north (n = 2) and to the east (n = 6) of the Antarctic Peninsula. Five males remained within 500 km of the island focusing movements in the Bransfield Strait and around the Antarctic Peninsu...