Upper ocean stratification and sea ice growth rates during the summer-fall transition, as revealed by Elephant seal foraging in the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

Williams, G. D.; Hindell, M.; Houssais, M.-N.; Tamura, T.; Field, I. C.

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Upper ocean stratification and sea ice growth rates during the summer-fall transition, as revealed by Elephant seal foraging in the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

G. D. Williams, M. Hindell, M.-N. Houssais, T. Tamura, and I. C. Field

G. D. Williams

LOCEAN, Univerity of Pierre and Marie Curie, UMR 7159, Jussieu 75252 PARIS Cedex 05, France

ACE CRC Private Bag 80 Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

M. Hindell

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

M.-N. Houssais

LOCEAN, Univerity of Pierre and Marie Curie, UMR 7159, Jussieu 75252 PARIS Cedex 05, France

T. Tamura

ACE CRC Private Bag 80 Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

I. C. Field

Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW, 2109 Australia

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