Bimodal Winter Haul-Out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea

Lars Boehme; Amy Baker; Mike Fedak; Marius Årthun; Keith Nicholls; Patrick Robinson; Dan Costa; Martin Biuw; Theoni Photopoulou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155817

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Bimodal Winter Haul-Out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea

Lars Boehme ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Boehme, Amy Baker, Theoni Photopoulou

* E-mail: lb284@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Amy Baker ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Boehme, Amy Baker, Theoni Photopoulou

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Mike Fedak ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Marius Årthun ,

Current address: Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Keith Nicholls ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Patrick Robinson ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University of California, Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz, United States of America
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Dan Costa ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University of California, Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz, United States of America
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Martin Biuw ,

Current address: Akvaplan-niva, Tromsø, Norway

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Theoni Photopoulou

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Boehme, Amy Baker, Theoni Photopoulou

Current address: Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Bimodal Winter Haul-Out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea

Lars Boehme,
Amy Baker,
Mike Fedak,
Marius Årthun,
Keith Nicholls,
Patrick Robinson,
Dan Costa,
Martin Biuw,
Theoni Photopoulou

Published: May 19, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155817

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