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Tagged _weddell_seals

Robert Harcourt

Postpartum female Weddell seals were tagged with CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) devices to understand where they spend the winter months, the depths at which they forage and the oceanographic conditions they encounter. Scientists are hoping the tags will stay on and transmit until at least October.