Upper ocean stratification and sea ice growth rates during the summer-fall transition, as revealed by Elephant seal foraging in the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

Southern elephant seals (<i>Mirounga leonina</i>), fitted with Conductivity-Temperature-Depth sensors at Macquarie Island in January 2005 and 2010, collected unique oceanographic observations of the Adélie and George V Land continental shelf (140–148° E) during the summer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. D. Williams, M. Hindell, M.-N. Houssais, T. Tamura, I. C. Field
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/185/2011/os-7-185-2011.pdf