Movements and diving of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Svalbard

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Gjertz, Ian, Wiig, Øystein, Lydersen, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; North Atlantic; Phoca hispida; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/8aa426d0-abe3-5a19-9d49-3e58baaaa643

Seven post-moulting ringed seals (Phoca hispida) were equipped with Satellite Linked Dive Recorders in Svalbard in July 1996 to determine if ringed seals conduct long-distance post-moulting feeding excursions, and to obtain details of their diving behaviour. The transmitters were programmed to trans...