Distribution, density and abundance of Antarctic ice seals off Queen Maud land and the eastern Weddell sea

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Gurarie, Eliezer, Bengtson, John L., Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Blix, Arnoldus Schytte, Cameron, Michael, Bornemann, Horst, Nordøy, Erling S., Plotz, Joachim, Steinhage, Daniel, Boveng, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Crabeater seal; Leopard seal; Ross seal; Weddell seal; Antarctic Pack Ice Seal Program (APIS); Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Austral; Pacific; Norway; Indian; Weddell; Queen Maud Land; Hydrurga; Antarc*; Crabeater Seal; Crabeater Seals; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals; Polar Biology; Ross Seal; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61542; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-2029-4

The Antarctic Pack Ice Seal (APIS) Program was initiated in 1994 to estimate the abundance of four species of Antarctic phocids: the crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga, Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii and leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx and to identify ecological r...