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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-03-01
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Series: | Ocean Science |
Online Access: | http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/185/2011/os-7-185-2011.pdf |