Foraging areas of southern elephant seals, mirounga leonina, as inferred from water temperature data

Fourteen time-depth-temperature recorders were recovered from adult southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) returning to Macquarie Island to breed or moult. The resulting temperature/depth profiles indicated that all four males spent most of their time in waters lying over the Antarctic Continent...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine and Freshwater Research
Main Authors: Hindell, Mark A., Burton, Harry R., Slip, David J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: CSIRO Publishing 1991
Subjects:
Ecology
Aquatic Science
Evolution
Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
1104 Aquatic Science
1105 Ecology
1910 Oceanography
2303 Ecology
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Elephant Seals
Macquarie Island
Mirounga leonina
Southern Elephant Seals
Online Access:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:707653
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Summary:Fourteen time-depth-temperature recorders were recovered from adult southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) returning to Macquarie Island to breed or moult. The resulting temperature/depth profiles indicated that all four males spent most of their time in waters lying over the Antarctic Continental Shelf, whereas only one of the ten females spent any time there. Five of the females foraged just off the Antarctic Continental Shelf, and the other five remained near the Antarctic Polar Front.

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