The nightlife of a Ross seal : diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wege, Mia, Bornemann, Horst, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2023
• Subjects: Antarctica; Biologging; Breeding season; Diurnal behaviour; Queen Maud Land; Southern Ocean; SDG-14: Life below water; Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii); Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ross Seal; South African National Antarctic Programme
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93347; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102022000438

DATA AVAILABILITY : All primary dive and haul-out data are publicly available and can be found at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA. Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii) travel away from the pack ice and spend most of their year foraging pelagically. Here, we augment the few existing records of Ross...