Sea-level and northern elephant seal habitat at Point Reyes Californiaellen hines
The two species of elephant seals differ in their habitat based on location. The northern elephant seals occupy areas in thePacificcoast, while the southern seals can be found throughout the sub-Antarctic regions. Elephant seals hunt for their prey during their dives into the sea. Their typical...
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The past and present status of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina Linn.) in Greater Antarctica Counts of southern elephant seals at the Vestfold Hills from 1958 to the present reveal that the population has declined by half to two thirds. The decline of this predominantly male, moult...
Foraging Behavior and Success of a Mesopelagic Predator in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Insights from a Data-Rich Species, the Northern Elephant Seal The mesopelagic zone of the northeast Pacific Ocean is an important foraging habitat for many predators, yet few studies have addressed the factors dr...
Post-breeding habitat preferences of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L.), in Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands), Chile. (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) : Torres N., Daniel, Pedro Cattan A. and José Yáñez V., 1981. Inst. Antart. Chil. Ser. cient., 27:13–18. Inst....
This effect may also be occurring here, but identifying seal trajectories and speeds relative to circulation at such small scales was not possible given the location errors inherent with Argos-based tracking. If the horizontal advection of plankton or the upwelling of nutrients were important ...
(SES,Mirounga leonina). The southern elephant seal is a deep-diving, wide-ranging marine predator species20that forages in either one of three main habitats: the Antarctic continental shelf, the Kerguelen Plateau or deep open water regions21. Antarctic shelf waters provide prime habitat for both...
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In the highly dimorphic southern elephant seal, there are intersexual differences in habitat use; at Iles Kerguelen, males predominantly use shelf waters, while females use deeper oceanic waters. There are equally marked intrasexual differences, with some males using the nearby Kerguelen Plateau, and...