At-sea distribution of female southern elephant seals relative to variation in ocean surface properties

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Bradshaw, CJA, Higgins, J, Michael, KJ, Wotherspoon, SJ, Hindell, MA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2004
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Wildlife and Habitat Management; Gam; Elephant Seals; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.07.012; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/31673

We examined the relationships between physical oceanography (sea surface temperature - SST, sea surface height anomaly - SSH, ocean colour - OC, bathymetry - BA, sea-ice concentration - SI, and their associated gradients) and the foraging distribution (time at sea) of female southern elephant seals...