Opportunistic ship-based census of pack ice seals in eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

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dc.contributor.author Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
dc.contributor.author Wege, Mia
dc.contributor.author Lubcker, Nico
dc.contributor.author Postma, Martin
dc.contributor.author Syndercombe, Gavin
dc.date.accessioned 2018-10-11T08:55:30Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01
dc.description.abstract The distribution, density and percentage contribution of pack ice pinnipeds during ship-board censuses in the eastern Weddell Sea in summer 2015/2016 are presented. Of the four true pack ice seal species encountered, crabeater seals predominated. Despite the low survey effort, Ross seals continued to be relatively abundant in the pack ice off the Princess Martha Coast in mid-January 2016, similar to the situation here in the 1970s. Censusing of Ross seals is ideally carried out in late January/early February when the species’ haulout probability is at its maximum and the seals are gathered in the limited summer pack ice to moult. en_ZA
dc.description.department Mammal Research Institute en_ZA
dc.description.department Zoology and Entomology en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2020-01-01
dc.description.librarian hj2018 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship The Department of Science and Technology (DST), through the National Research Foundation (NRF) (Grant Number 93088). en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://link.springer.com/journal/300 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Bester, M.N., Wege, M., Lübcker, N. et al. Opportunistic ship-based census of pack ice seals in eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology (2019) 42: 225-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2401-7. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0722-4060 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1432-2056 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s00300-018-2401-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66838
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Springer en_ZA
dc.rights © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.comjournal/300. en_ZA
dc.subject Austral summer 2015/2016 en_ZA
dc.subject Ship-board censuses en_ZA
dc.subject Eastern Weddell Sea en_ZA
dc.subject Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) en_ZA
dc.subject Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii) en_ZA
dc.subject Pack ice seals en_ZA
dc.title Opportunistic ship-based census of pack ice seals in eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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