Distribution, density and abundance of Antarctic ice seals off Queen Maud Land and the eastern Weddell Sea

The Antarctic Pack Ice Seal (APIS) Program was initiated in 1994 to estimate the abundance of four species of Antarctic phocids: the crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga, Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii and leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx and to identify ecological r...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Gurarie, Eliezer, Bengtson, John L, Bester, MN, Blix, Arnoldus S, Cameron, Michael, Bornemann, Horst, Nordøy, Erling Sverre, Plötz, Joachim, Steinhage, Daniel, Boveng, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24961
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-2029-4