Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories. Ecosphere. 2016; 7: n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1213Hindell MA, McMahon CR, Bester MN, Boehme L, Costa D, Fedak MA, et al. Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant...
A male elephant seal can have as many as 50 females in his harem. Habitat Northern elephant seals live in the North Pacific near Baja California, Mexico to the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska. Southern elephant seals live in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters.These seals migrate ...
In the early 20th century, the species received protection under Mexican and U.S. law, which allowed the Northern elephant seal to successfully recover. In California the population grows at an annual rate of 20–30% and the seals are establishing new rookeries. The recovery has been so ...
One of the largest carnivores (食肉动物) is the southern elephant seal. It can reach 7 metres in length and weigh 5,000kg! That's five times heavier than a polar bear! Much of its weight is from huge layers of fat, which are needed to keep it warm. Its habitat is the southern par...
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....
Oceanographic parameters other than the ones considered in our analyses are also likely to affect prey distribution and foraging habitat, such as chlorophyll density, which is linked to primary production (Moore and Abbott, 2000), salinity, a key physical parameter of oceans (Caldwell, 1974), or...
(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...
The southern elephant seal is a deep-diving, wide-ranging marine predator spe- cies20 that 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 sexes, but females...
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...
Elephants【7】(give)the top level of protection in China. This permits their numbers to continually increase even as their natural habitat shrinks.Chinese officials have ordered people【8】(stay)inside and not to look at the elephants or try to keep them away with fireworks or other things. ...