@prefix qudt: . @prefix owl: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix envo: . @prefix geo: . @prefix dwciri: . @prefix doap: . @prefix bigeonto: . @prefix vocab: . @prefix prvTypes: . @prefix map: . @prefix sp: . @prefix prism: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix sosa: . @prefix void: . @prefix d2rq: . @prefix d2r: . @prefix fabio: . @prefix datacite: . @prefix gr: . @prefix xhtml: . @prefix dwc: . @prefix cdt: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix prv: . @prefix meta: . @prefix time: . @prefix ro: . @prefix db: . @prefix dc: . a fabio:Expression , fabio:JournalArticle ; rdfs:isDefinedBy ; prism:publicationDate "1998"^^xsd:gYear ; dc:abstract """Abstract We asked if non-gestating, adult female southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, from Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, forage on the wide continental shelf off the peninsula during the post-breeding trip to sea (PB females), or whether they forage in deep water, where gestating, post-moult (PM) animals have been shown to do. More than 16 600 dives were recorded with geographic-location time-depth recorders deployed in five PB females. Data were compared with about 19 500 dives from six gestat­ ing, PM animals. Four satellite transmitters linked to the Argos system were deployed in PB (2) and PM (2) animals. During both trips females dis­ played continuous, deep, and long-duration diving. PB females crossed the shelf in 3-7 days, spending 89% of the recorded time at sea over waters deeper than 200 m. A diel pattern in the frequency distri­ bution of dives/hr, dive depth and dive duration was apparent in both PB and PM individuals beyond the continental shelf. Deeper and longer dives were observed during daylight hours, consist­ ent with feeding on dielly-migrating prey. PB females concentrated their foraging effort in tem­ perate waters of the SW Atlantic, between 36° and 46°S and up to 1200 km from shore. PM females travelled further, reaching (aprox) 50ºS and 2281 km east from the rookery. The longest migration was a PM trip of II 600 km. Females from Peninsula Valdes, the only colony for the species with an increasing birth rate, do not feed near or south of the Antarctic Polar Front, where most seals from more southerly stable or decreasing rookeries forage. Aquatic Mammals 1998,24.1', 1-11 Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224603972_Diving_behaviour_and_foraging_ecology_of_female_southern_elephant_seals_from_Patagonia key:elefantes marinos,mirounga leonina""" ; dc:creator "CLAUDIO CAMPAGNA, FLAVIO QUINTANA, BURNEY J.,LE BOEUF, SUSANNA BLACKWELL, DANIEL E. CROCK" ; dc:format "PDF" ; dc:references ; dc:title "DIVING BEHAVIOUR AND FORAGING ECOLOGY OF FEMALE SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS FROM PATAGONIA" ; foaf:page . a prv:DataItem , foaf:Document ; dc:date "2024-03-29T14:07:44.829Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; prv:containedBy ; void:inDataset ; foaf:primaryTopic .