De novo Assembly and Annotation of the Blood Transcriptome of the Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Mi Kim ◽  
Do-Hwan Ahn ◽  
Seunghyun Kang ◽  
Jihye Jeong ◽  
Euna Jo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
De Novo Assembly ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Elephant Seal ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Southern Elephant Seal ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Blood Transcriptome

Cephalopod diet of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, at King George Island, South Shetland Islands

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. Daneri ◽  
A.R. Carlini ◽  
P.G.K. Rodhouse
Keyword(s):  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Elephant Seal ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Southern Elephant Seal ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
King George Island ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Important Prey ◽  
Southern Elephant Seals

In the summer of 1995/96, 25 southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, were stomach lavaged at Stranger Point, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Cephalopod remains were present in 72% of the individuals sampled (n = 18). Seven species of squid and three of octopus were identified. The squid Psychroteuthis glacialis was the most important prey in terms of numbers (77%), biomass (80.8%) and frequency of occurrence (94.4%). Next in importance in terms of mass was the squid Alluroteuthis antarcticus (7.8%) in the diet of females and the octopodid Pareledone ?charcoti in the diet of males (13.2%). Females preyed on a wider variety of squid taxa than males (7 vs 3) but octopodids occurred only in stomach contents from males. The predominance of P. glacialis in the prey of the South Shetland Islands elephant seals can be explained by the southerly location of the foraging areas of this population compared to South Georgia, Heard and Macquarie islands, where the diet of southern elephant seals has previously been analysed. Psychroteuthis glacialis is the predominant squid in waters close to the Antarctic continent.

scholarly journals The feeding habits of the Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, at Isla 25 de Mayo/King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Polar Biology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Daneri ◽  
A. R. Carlini ◽  
E. R. Marschoff ◽  
A. Harrington ◽  
J. Negrete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Elephant Seal ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Southern Elephant Seal ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
King George Island ◽  
Shetland Islands

scholarly journals Southern elephant seal movements and Antarctic sea ice

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bornemann ◽  
M. Kreyscher ◽  
S. Ramdohr ◽  
T. Martin ◽  
A. Carlini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Antarctic Peninsula ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
King George Island ◽  
The South ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Pack Ice ◽  
The Antarctic

Weaned pups and post-moult female elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were fitted with satellite transmitters at King George Island (South Shetland Islands) between December 1996 and February 1997. Of the nine adult females tracked for more than two months, three stayed in a localized area between the South Shetland Islands and the South Orkney Islands. The other six females travelled south-west along the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula up to the Bellingshausen Sea. Two of them then moved north-east and hauled out on South Georgia in October. One female was last located north of the South Shetland Islands in March 1998. In total, eight females were again sighted on King George Island and six of the transmitters removed. The tracks of the weaners contrasted with those of the adults. In January, five juveniles left King George Island for the Pacific sector spending about four weeks in the open sea west of the De Gerlache Seamounts. Three of them returned to the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in June, of which one was last located on the Patagonian Shelf in November 1997. The juveniles avoided sea ice while the adults did not. The latter displayed behavioural differences in using the pack ice habitat during winter. Some females adjusted their movement patterns to the pulsating sea ice fringe in distant foraging areas while others ranged in closed pack ice of up to 100%. The feeding grounds of adult female elephant seals are more closely associated with the pack ice zone than previously assumed. The significance of the midwater fish Pleuragramma antarcticum as a potential food resource is discussed.

The dynamics of male harem dominance in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at the South Shetland Islands

Polar Biology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 796-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro R. Carlini ◽  
Sebastián Poljak ◽  
Gustavo A. Daneri ◽  
María E. I. Márquez ◽  
Javier Negrete
Keyword(s):  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Mirounga Leonina ◽  
The South ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Southern Elephant Seals

scholarly journals Small unmanned aerial vehicles for aeromagnetic surveys and their flights in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Polar Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Funaki ◽  
Shin-Ichiro Higashino ◽  
Shinya Sakanaka ◽  
Naoyoshi Iwata ◽  
Norihiro Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Aerial Vehicles
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