by Bethany Smith | Apr 29, 2022 | Map
Kit Fox Response to Low Altitude Aircraft Four kit foxes were captured south of Gila Bend, Arizona, in an area not overflown by aircraft. Hearing thresholds were measured with a San Diego Instruments Startle Recording System. Shaped 200‐ms tone bursts ranging from...
by Bethany Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Map
Antarctic Fur Seals on South Shetland Island A survey of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during the 1986/87 austral summer indicated that this species is continuing its population recovery and recolonization of...
by Bethany Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Map
Diving Patterns of Ross Seals In January 1987 we documented the diving patterns of a female Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) in the marginal pack-ice zone near the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula for 2 days using a microprocessor-based time-depth recorder. The...
by Bethany Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Map
Weddell Sea crabeater seals Time-depth recorders were used to study the diving and haulout behavior of six crabeater seals in the marginal ice edge zone of the Weddell Sea during March 1986. Haulout patterns revealed the seals’ clear preference for diving during...
by Bethany Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Map
Oil Spill Prevention, Research and Response HSWRI has been involved with oil spill prevention, research and response for more than 30 years. In the mid-1980s, HSWRI conducted research on methods to clean sea otter fur. HSWRI researchers found that dishwashing liquid...
by Bethany Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Map
Minke Whale Helicopter Surveys from McMurdo Station Our objective was to describe the distribution, size, and behavior of the Ross Island segment of minke whale populations summering in the Ross Sea. Eight helicopter survey flights in 1981 were conducted over the...
