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2011 - AATAMS of Elephant and Weddell seals from Vestfold Hills

Investigator:- Iain Field, Andy Doube & Malcolm O'Toole
Purpose:- Tracking winter deployments as part of the Australian Animal Tagging and Monitoring System (AATAMS). Over the course of the winter Southern Elephant seals and Weddell seals will carry high-tech tags with multiple sensors to record their foraging behaviour and measure the water temperature and salinity.
Span:- From 25-Feb-2011
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Projects:- Winter foraging success of Southern Ocean predators in relation to stochastic variation in sea-ice extent and winter water formation
Taxa:- Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson,1826) (Weddell Seal) Profile
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus,1758) (Southern Elephant Seal) Profile
Data types:- Argos PTT.
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