Dataset: Crabeater Seal physiology collected on ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruises LMG0104, LMG0106, LMG0203, and LMG0205 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Crabeater Seal Foraging project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2005-03-31)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Co-Principal Investigator: Jennifer Burns (University of Alaska, Anchorage)

Co-Principal Investigator: Daniel P. Costa (University of California-Santa Cruz)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)

Program: U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)

Project: U.S. GLOBEC Southern Ocean (SOGLOBEC)

Project: Foraging Ecology of Crabeater Seals (Lobodon Carcinophagus) (Crabeater Seal Foraging)


Abstract

Crabeater Seal physiology collected on ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruises LMG0104, LMG0106, LMG0203, and LMG0205 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Crabeater Seal Foraging project)

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC,
Seal Physiology Data

For additional details on sampling and analytical methods see:
Burns, Jennifer M., Daniel P. Costa, Michael A. Fedak, Mark A. Hindell, Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Nicholas C. Gales, Birgitte McDonald, Stephan J. Trumble, Daniel E. Crocker, 2004. Winter habitat use and foraging behavior of crabeater seals along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II vol 51, pp 2279-2303.

Links to companion seal files:
General Seal Background Information
Seal Morphometrics
Seal Predicted Mass
Seal Tracking Locations From Satellite Tags
 

Contact Information:
Jennifer Burns, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alaska
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-786-1527
afjmb4@uaa.alaska.edu

Daniel P. Costa Ph.D.
Long Marine Laboratory
University of California
100 Shaffer Rd
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Office: 831 459-2786
FAX: 831 459-3383
costa@biology.ucsc.edu

last updated April 25, 2006


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