Aspects of the ecology of Weddell seals at the Vestfold Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

• Main Author: Lake, SE
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Weddell seal; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Long Fjord; McMurdo Sound; Prydz Bay; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Leptonychotes weddelli; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20804/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20804/1/whole_LakeSamanthaElizabeth1997_thesis.pdf

At first glance, the head of a Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli, seems small for its body. This is due to the streamline profile for swimming and breathing through holes in the ice. Ice frozen, or 'fastened', to the shore (fast-ice) surrounds the coast of Antarctica and is the Weddell...