©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Crabeater Seal predicted mass from ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruises LMG0104, LMG0106, LMG0203, and LMG0205 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Crabeater Seal Foraging project)
Reference: Laws, R. M., Baird A., Bryden M. M., 2003. Size and growth of the crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus (Mammalia: Carnivora). Journal of Zoology (London) 259, 103-108.
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 Physiology
Seal Morphometrics
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
Burns, J., Costa, D. P. (2005) Crabeater Seal predicted mass from ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruises LMG0104, LMG0106, LMG0203, and LMG0205 in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project; Crabeater Seal Foraging project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2005-03-31 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/2381 [access date]
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