Diving behaviour of sub-adult harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) at Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Gjertz, Ian, Krafft, Bjørn, 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; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard; harbour seal; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/a4ce28a2-a391-59f3-9857-b7eb0b0d28c5

Diving behaviour of sub-adult harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from Svalbard was studied using time-depth recorders (TDRs, n=3), during the post-moulting period. The TDRs recorded depth and time at 10 s intervals with a depth resolution of 2 m. The seals spent 82±10% of their time in the water and 18±...