Spatial utilisation of fast-ice by Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddelli during winter

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Lake, SE, Wotherspoon, SJ, Burton, HR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell 2005
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Zoology; Zoology not elsewhere classified; East Antarctica; Gam; Prydz Bay; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Leptonychotes weddelli; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.03949.x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/34564

This study describes the distribution of Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddelli in winter (May-September 1999) at the Vestfold Hills, in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Specifically, we describe the spatial extent of haul-out sites in shore-fast sea-ice, commonly referred to as fast-ice. As winter progres...