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Marine Mammal Highlight 39: Weddell Seals!
Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam!
This week: Weddell Seals
Presenters: Cindy Elliser and Katrina MacIver
Music by Josh Burns
Become a Paid Subscriber - get ad-free episodes and bonus mini-episodes/content available to subscribers only: https://anchor.fm/pacific-mammal-research/subscribe. Your support helps us continue our research and education programs!
Weddell seal episode Sources:
· https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/weddell-seal
· http://weddellsealscience.com/about.html (research running since 1968!)
· https://www.marinebio.org/species/weddell-seals/leptonychotes-weddellii/
Sound files:
· https://dosits.org/galleries/audio-gallery/marine-mammals/pinnipeds/weddell-seal/(sound file)
· https://ocr.org/sounds/weddell-seal/(sound file)
· https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/animals/seals/weddell-seal/(lots of sound files)
New research:
LaRue et al 2020 - crowd sourcing and remote sensing: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rse2.124
LaRue et al 2021 - new global population estimate with crowd sourcing and remote sensing: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rse2.124
Popular science article of that publication: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/02/04/weddell-seal-population-may-be-much-lower-than-previously-thought/
Davis et al 2003 - 3D dive movments: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v264/p109-122/
Williams et al 2004 - metabolic costs of foraging: o https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/207/6/973/15049/The-cost-of-foraging-by-a-marine-predator-the
Heerah et al 2013 - ecology of seals during winter (foraging): o https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967064512001658
Wheatley et al 2006 - influence of maternal mass: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3838384
Hadley et al 2006 - variation in probability of first reproduction: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01118.x
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Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam!
This week: Weddell Seals
Presenters: Cindy Elliser and Katrina MacIver
Music by Josh Burns
Become a Paid Subscriber - get ad-free episodes and bonus mini-episodes/content available to subscribers only: https://anchor.fm/pacific-mammal-research/subscribe. Your support helps us continue our research and education programs!
Weddell seal episode Sources:
· https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/weddell-seal
· http://weddellsealscience.com/about.html (research running since 1968!)
· https://www.marinebio.org/species/weddell-seals/leptonychotes-weddellii/
Sound files:
· https://dosits.org/galleries/audio-gallery/marine-mammals/pinnipeds/weddell-seal/(sound file)
· https://ocr.org/sounds/weddell-seal/(sound file)
· https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/animals/seals/weddell-seal/(lots of sound files)
New research:
LaRue et al 2020 - crowd sourcing and remote sensing: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rse2.124
LaRue et al 2021 - new global population estimate with crowd sourcing and remote sensing: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rse2.124
Popular science article of that publication: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/02/04/weddell-seal-population-may-be-much-lower-than-previously-thought/
Davis et al 2003 - 3D dive movments: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v264/p109-122/
Williams et al 2004 - metabolic costs of foraging: o https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/207/6/973/15049/The-cost-of-foraging-by-a-marine-predator-the
Heerah et al 2013 - ecology of seals during winter (foraging): o https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967064512001658
Wheatley et al 2006 - influence of maternal mass: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3838384
Hadley et al 2006 - variation in probability of first reproduction: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01118.x