Ecologie en mer des phoques de Weddell de l'Antarctique de l'Est en relation avec les param etres physiques de l'environnement = At sea ecology of Weddell seals in East Antarctica in relation with environmental physical parameters

• Main Author: Heerah, K
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Weddell seals; marine ecology; diving behaviour; habitat modelling; foraging; Antarctica; Antarctic; Dumont d’Urville; East Antarctica; Phoques; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Sea ice; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22756/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22756/2/whole_Heerah_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22756/1/whole_Heerah_thesis.pdf

The Southern Ocean and more specifically the sea-ice zone supports globally significant ecosystems including abundant populations of marine mammals and seabirds. In the marine environment, resources are heterogeneously distributed and structured in patches driven by physical features of the environm...