Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals

Marine mammals abundance and distribution

Southern elephant seals are among the deepest diving of all marine mammals. This study examined physiological and behavioural mechanisms used by the seals to conserve energy while diving and estimated metabolic rate.

Data were collected on Time Depth Recorders (TDRs), and stored in hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal files can be read using 'Instrument Helper', a free download from Wildlife Computers (see the provided URL).

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Temporal extent	1992-09-01 – 1994-03-31
Date (publication)	2004-10-14
Status	completed
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	This metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
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