Winter habitat use and foraging behavior of crabeater seals along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Burns, JM, Costa, DP, Fedak, MA, Hindell, MA, Bradshaw, CJA, Gales, NJ, McDonald, B, Trumble, SJ, Crocker, DE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2004
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Crystal Sound; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Crabeater Seals; Lobodon carcinophagus; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.07.021; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/32057

We quantified the winter and spring movement patterns and foraging behavior of adult crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), and the influence of sea ice and bathymetry on their foraging behavior. Thirty-four seals (16 M 18 F) were outfitted with Satellite Relay Data Loggers (SRDLs) in the Margueri...