Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Dedication
- Map
- 1 McMurdo Sound
- 2 The Weddell seal
- 3 Breeding, birth, and growth
- 4 Cold
- 5 Diving behavior: Poseidon's pride
- 6 Physiology of diving
- 7 Food habits and energetics
- 8 Under-ice orientation (summer day – winter night)
- 9 Distribution, abundance, and mortality
- 10 Future prospects
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Dedication
- Map
- 1 McMurdo Sound
- 2 The Weddell seal
- 3 Breeding, birth, and growth
- 4 Cold
- 5 Diving behavior: Poseidon's pride
- 6 Physiology of diving
- 7 Food habits and energetics
- 8 Under-ice orientation (summer day – winter night)
- 9 Distribution, abundance, and mortality
- 10 Future prospects
- References
- Index
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- Weddell SealConsummate Diver, pp. 132 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981