Maximum Diving Capacities of the Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes weddelli
- 24 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 151 (3717), 1553-1554
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3717.1553
Abstract
The probable maximum diving capacities of the Weddell seal were ascertained from observation of 959 dives and measurement of the depths of 381 dives. The deepest dive was 600 meters; the longest submergence was 43 minutes 20 seconds.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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