Dispersal and Diving Behavior of Weddell Seals Determined   By Satellite Telemetry
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Most of the knowledge about the behavior, ecology and population                dynamics of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) comes from research         conducted in the austral spring and summer.  This study addresses the           overwinter movements and diving behavior of adult seals near McMurdo            Sound, Antarctica.  The project will rely on satellite-linked time-depth        recorders attached to the seals, giving periodic location and summaries         of dive durations and depths from seals that haul out on ice or beaches.        The habitual return by the seals offers the opportunity to recover the          satellite time-depth recorders and a twenty-year population study               provides the population background for the study.  This will result in a        better understanding of age related differences in important behavioral         traits that may explain demographic features and selective pressure on          the life history of Weddell seals and by extension, that of other large         mammals.
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