Habitat‐ based density models of pack-ice seal distribution in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan, Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Steinhage, D., Auel, H., Flores, H., Knust, R., Ryan, S., Bornemann, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter Research 2022
• Subjects: Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga); Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli); Filchner trough; Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba); Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica); Density surface model; Distance sampling; Marine predator; Antarctic; Austral; Filchner Trough; Hydrurga; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctic silverfish; Antarctica; Crabeater Seal; Crabeater Seals; Euphausia superba; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seals; Leptonychotes weddelli; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86047; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13787

Climate variability and changes in sea ice dynamics have caused several iceobligate or krill-dependent populations of marine predators to decline, eliciting concern about their demographic persistence and the indirect ecological consequences that predator depletions may have on marine ecosystems. Pa...