Movements of southern elephant seals
Twelve southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were tracked for an average of 119 days as they left their breeding or moulting beaches on the island of South Georgia between 1990 and 1994. Females travelled either eastward up to 3000 km away to the open Southern Ocean or to the continental shelf...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/17e6189d-e97d-452e-a082-7a26653263a4 2023-05-15T13:45:52+02:00 Movements of southern elephant seals McConnell, Bernie J Fedak, Michael Andre 1996-08 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/movements-of-southern-elephant-seals(17e6189d-e97d-452e-a082-7a26653263a4).html http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029664271&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess McConnell , B J & Fedak , M A 1996 , ' Movements of southern elephant seals ' , Canadian Journal of Zoology , vol. 74 , pp. 1485-1496. . IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION MIROUNGA-LEONINA WATER TEMPERATURE DIVING BEHAVIOR PHOCIDAE GEORGIA DIFFER article 1996 ftunstandrewcris 2021-12-26T14:10:39Z Twelve southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were tracked for an average of 119 days as they left their breeding or moulting beaches on the island of South Georgia between 1990 and 1994. Females travelled either eastward up to 3000 km away to the open Southern Ocean or to the continental shelf on or near the Antarctic Peninsula. Males either stayed close to South Georgia or used South Georgia as a base for shorter trips. The females all left South Georgia in a directed manner at an average rate of 79.4 km/day over at least the first 15 days. Thereafter travel was interrupted by bouts of slower travel or stationary phases. The latter were localized at sites on the continental shelf or along its edge. Three seals that were tracked over more than one season repeated their outward direction of travel and used some of the same sites in subsequent years. The magnitude of the movements makes most of the Southern Ocean potentially available to elephant seals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seals Southern Ocean University of St Andrews: Research Portal Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION MIROUNGA-LEONINA WATER TEMPERATURE DIVING BEHAVIOR PHOCIDAE GEORGIA DIFFER |
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Twelve southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were tracked for an average of 119 days as they left their breeding or moulting beaches on the island of South Georgia between 1990 and 1994. Females travelled either eastward up to 3000 km away to the open Southern Ocean or to the continental shelf on or near the Antarctic Peninsula. Males either stayed close to South Georgia or used South Georgia as a base for shorter trips. The females all left South Georgia in a directed manner at an average rate of 79.4 km/day over at least the first 15 days. Thereafter travel was interrupted by bouts of slower travel or stationary phases. The latter were localized at sites on the continental shelf or along its edge. Three seals that were tracked over more than one season repeated their outward direction of travel and used some of the same sites in subsequent years. The magnitude of the movements makes most of the Southern Ocean potentially available to elephant seals. |
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McConnell, Bernie J Fedak, Michael Andre |
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McConnell, Bernie J Fedak, Michael Andre |
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McConnell, Bernie J |
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Movements of southern elephant seals |
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Movements of southern elephant seals |
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Movements of southern elephant seals |
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Movements of southern elephant seals |
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Movements of southern elephant seals |
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movements of southern elephant seals |
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1996 |
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https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/movements-of-southern-elephant-seals(17e6189d-e97d-452e-a082-7a26653263a4).html http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029664271&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seals Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seals Southern Ocean |
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McConnell , B J & Fedak , M A 1996 , ' Movements of southern elephant seals ' , Canadian Journal of Zoology , vol. 74 , pp. 1485-1496. . |
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