Bimodal Winter Haul-Out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea.

Hauling out is an essential component of pinniped life-history. Haul-out behaviour may be affected by biological (e.g. sex, age and condition) and physical factors (e.g. food availability and environmental conditions), and identifying these factors may help explain the spatio-temporal distribution a...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Lars Boehme, Amy Baker, Mike Fedak, Marius Årthun, Keith Nicholls, Patrick Robinson, Dan Costa, Martin Biuw, Theoni Photopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155817&type=printable