Saturday, January 10, 2015

Data From a Weanling's First Trip to Sea!

Last spring we deployed a satellite tag and time-depth
recorder on a weanling seal for his first trip to sea.  After
exploring the California and Oregon coastlines for a few
months, the seal returned to Ano Nuevo and we recovered
the instruments.  Here is a first look at the data from this
seal's first trip to sea:

The satellite-tracking data:





The development of diving depth:






Development of diving duration: