Important Documents


June 2024: Jonsen, I., McMahon, C. and Harcourt, R. (2024). Best Practice Manual for SMRU CTD Satellite Relay Data Loggers: Instrument Calibration, Near Real-Time and Delayed Mode Data QA/QC, Version 1.0. Integrated Marine Observing System. doi:10.26198/ev75-0j83. Available at: https://doi.org/10.26198/ev75-0j83

November 2021: McMahon et al. 2021. Animal Borne Ocean Sensors – AniBOS – An Essential Component of the Global Ocean Observing System. Front. Mar. Sci., 05 November 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.751840

AniBOS proposal to GOOS April 2020

October 2020: AniBOS included in the 2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card www.ocean-ops.org/reportcard2020 

Output Highlight

Developing a framework for global ocean indicators: From scientific foundations to policy applications
This paper establishes a scientific foundation for ocean indicators through international and multidisciplinary collaboration, presenting defined criteria and a set of pilot indicators for developing consistent ocean indicators that connect scientific observation with policy action. Animal-borne ocean sensors play a vital role within such frameworks, providing high-resolution, in situ observations from remote and dynamic regions that are otherwise under-sampled.

von Schuckmann, K., Poursanidis, D., Yu, W., et al. 2026, ‘Developing a framework for global ocean indicators: From scientific foundations to policy applications’, Marine Policy, vol. 184, 106922, Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106922 123254

Papers Using AniBOS Data

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2025

Charrassin, R., Millan, R., Rignot, E. & Scheinert, M. Bathymetry of the Antarctic continental shelf and ice shelf cavities from circumpolar gravity anomalies and other data. Scientific Reports 15, 1214 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s41598-024-81599-1

Davidson, S. C. et al. Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth. Nature Ecology and Evolution 9, 204-213 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s41559-024-02585-4

Foltz, G. R. et al. Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system. Frontiers in Marine Science 12, 1539183 (2025). https://doi.org:10.3389/fmars.2025.1539183

Hancock, C. Unveiling the Hidden Eddy Field of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130 (2025). [https://doi.org:10.1029/2025jc022785]https://doi.org:10.1029/2025jc022785

Hancock, C., Speer, K., Janout, M. & Boebel, O. Under Ice‐Shelf Eddy at the Stancomb‐Wills Ice Tongue. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130 (2025). [https://doi.org:10.1029/2024jc021393]https://doi.org:10.1029/2024jc021393

Hindell, M. A. et al. The ongoing decrease in numbers of breeding female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island. Antarctic Science, 1-9 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1017/s0954102025000161

Komatsu, M., Ohshima, K. I., Mensah, V. & Nakata, K. Mapping of sea-ice melting and net freshwater flux by sea-ice in the Southern Ocean. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s43247-025-02560-2

Kosty, J. A. et al. Marine Mammal‐Based Observations of Subsurface‐Intensified Eddies in the Seasonally Sea Ice‐Covered Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1029/2024jc021781

Kreuzer, M., Albrecht, T., Nicola, L., Reese, R. & Winkelmann, R. Bathymetry-constrained impact of relative sea-level change on basal melting in Antarctica. The Cryosphere 19, 1181-1203 (2025). https://doi.org:10.5194/tc-19-1181-2025

Lanham, J., Mazloff, M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Siegert, M. & Mashayek, A. Seasonal regimes of warm Circumpolar Deep Water intrusion toward Antarctic ice shelves. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s43247-025-02091-w

McMahon, C. R. et al. An enduring, 20-year, multidisciplinary seal-borne ocean sensor research collaboration in the Southern Ocean. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene 13, 00071 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1525/elementa.2024.00071

Patterson, R. G. et al. Uncrewed surface vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: a new frontier for observing and monitoring at the air-sea interface. Frontiers in Marine Science 12 (2025). https://doi.org:10.3389/fmars.2025.1523585

Sari El Dine, Z. et al. Influence of the phytoplankton community structure on the southern elephant seals’ foraging activity within the Southern Ocean. Communications Biology 8, 620 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s42003-025-08049-0

Schmidt, C., Morrison, A. K., England, M. H., Aguiar, W. & Gibson, A. H. Sensitivity of Antarctic Bottom Water Formation and Export to Horizontal Model Resolution. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1029/2024ms004621

Séon, N. et al. Elephant seals as sentinels of the ongoing changes affecting the Southern Ocean: Disentangling environmental and maternal effects on pup size and body condition. Science of The Total Environment 997 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180125

Sequeira, A. M. M. et al. Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science 388, 1086-1097 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1126/science.adl0239

Silvano, A. et al. Rising surface salinity and declining sea ice: A new Southern Ocean state revealed by satellites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(2025). https://doi.org:10.1073/pnas.2500440122

Spungin, S., Si, Y., Stewart, A. L. & Prend, C. J. Observed Seasonality of Mixed‐Layer Eddies and Vertical Heat Transport Over the Antarctic Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1029/2024jc021564

Storkey, D. et al. Resolution dependence of interlinked Southern Ocean biases in global coupled HadGEM3 models. Geoscientific Model Development 18, 2725-2745 (2025). https://doi.org:10.5194/gmd-18-2725-2025

Wang, X. et al. Mechanisms and impacts of anomalous high-salinity shelf water formation in the Ross Sea. The Cryosphere 19, 2229-2245 (2025). https://doi.org:10.5194/tc-19-2229-2025

Wilson, C., Hinke, J. T. & Mazloff, M. Long-distance winter migrations of chinstrap penguins and elephant seals to a persistent bloom at the edge of the Ross Gyre. Scientific Reports 15, 9867 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1038/s41598-025-87433-6

Yamazaki, K. et al. Unlocking Southern Ocean Under‐Ice Seasonality With a New Monthly Climatology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130 (2025). https://doi.org:10.1029/2024jc020920

Zhang, Z. et al. The Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea Ice–Sea Model (RAISE v1.0): a high-resolution ocean–sea ice–ice shelf coupling model for simulating the Dense Shelf Water and Antarctic Bottom Water in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geoscientific Model Development 18, 1375-1393 (2025).https://doi.org:10.5194/gmd-18-1375-2025

2024

Azarian, C., Bopp, L., Sallée, J.-B., Swart, S., Guinet, C. & d’Ovidio, F., 2024. Marine heatwaves and global warming impacts on winter waters in the Southern Indian Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 243. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103962.

Balmaseda, M.A., Balan Sarojini, B., Mayer, M., Tietsche, S., Zuo, H., Vitart, F. & Stockdale, T.N., 2024. Impact of the ocean in-situ observations on the ECMWF seasonal forecasting system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1456013.

Becker, S.L., Boyd, C., Handley, J.M., Raymond, B., Reisinger, R., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Apelgren, N., Davies, T.E., Lea, M.A., Santos, M., Trathan, P.N., Van de Putte, A.P., Huckstadt, L.A., Charrassin, J.-B. & Brooks, C.M., 2024. Scaling up ocean conservation through recognition of key biodiversity areas in the Southern Ocean from multispecies tracking data. Conservation Biology, e14345. doi:10.1111/cobi.14345.

Blanckensee, S.N., Gwyther, D.E., Galton‐Fenzi, B.K., Gunn, K.L., Herraiz‐Borreguero, L., Ohshima, K.I., Portela, E., Post, A.L. & Bostock, H.C., 2024. A review of the oceanography and Antarctic Bottom Water formation offshore Cape Darnley, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129. doi:10.1029/2024jc021251.

Bool, N., Sumner, M.D., Lea, M.-A., McMahon, C.R. & Hindell, M.A., 2024. Hierarchical foraging strategies of migratory short-tailed shearwaters during the non-breeding stage. Marine Biology, 171. doi:10.1007/s00227-023-04370-6.

Cheng, L., 2024. Sensitivity of ocean heat content to various instrumental platforms in global ocean observing systems. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 3. doi:10.34133/olar.0037.

Cheng, L., et al. 2024a. New record ocean temperatures and related climate indicators in 2023. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 41, pp.1068-1082. doi:10.1007/s00376-024-3378-5.

Cheng, L., et al. 2024b. IAPv4 ocean temperature and ocean heat content gridded dataset. Earth System Science Data, 16, pp.3517-3546. doi:10.5194/essd-16-3517-2024.

Chevallay, M., Guinet, C., Goulet, P. & Jeanniard du Dot, T., 2024. Hunting tactics of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina and anti-predatory behaviours of their prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 736, pp.167-179. doi:10.3354/meps14582.

Clem, K.R., et al., 2024. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105, S331-S370. doi:10.1175/bams-d-24-0099.1.

Gao, L., Yuan, X., Cai, W., Guo, G., Yu, W., Shi, J., Qiao, F., Wei, Z. & Williams, G.D., 2024. Persistent warm-eddy transport to Antarctic ice shelves driven by enhanced summer westerlies. Nature Communications, 15, 671. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45010-x.

Gouretski, V., Roquet, F. & Cheng, L., 2024. Measurement biases in ocean temperature profiles from marine mammal data loggers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. doi:10.1175/jtech-d-23-0081.1.

Jonsen, I., McMahon, C.R. & Harcourt, R., 2024. Best practice manual for SMRU CTD satellite relay data loggers: Instrument calibration, near real-time and delayed mode data QA/QC. Integrated Marine Observing System, Hobart, Australia, pp.24.

Mizuta, G., Ohshima, K.I., Takatsuka, T., Kitade, Y., Fujii, M., Nakayama, Y. & Ikehara, M., 2024. Circulation and production of Cape Darnley Bottom Water on the continental slope off the Cape Darnley polynya, East Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104362.

Roquet, F., et al., 2024. MEOP-CTD in-situ data collection: a Southern Ocean marine-mammals calibrated seawater temperatures and salinities observations. SEANOE. doi:10.17882/45461.

Spira, T., Swart, S., Giddy, I. & du Plessis, M., 2024. The observed spatiotemporal variability of Antarctic winter water. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129. doi:10.1029/2024jc021017.

Xu, Y., Zhang, W., Maksym, T., Ji, R., Li, Y. & Walker, C., 2024. Influence of physical factors on restratification of the upper water column in Antarctic coastal polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129. doi:10.1029/2023jc020762.

Ye, W., Cheng, L., Kitade, Y., Hu, S. & Zuo, J., 2024. Distribution of modified Circumpolar Deep Water and its threat in Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. doi:10.1007/s00343-024-3164-3.

Yong, C., Harcourt, R., McMahon, C.R., Costa, D.P., Huckstadt, L.A., Hindell, M. & Jonsen, I., 2024. Dive descent rate as a buoyancy indicator to infer body condition of Weddell seals in the Antarctic. Marine Mammal Science. doi:10.1111/mms.13147.

Zhang, B., Cheng, L., Tan, Z., Gouretski, V., Li, F., Pan, Y., Yuan, H., Ren, H., Reseghetti, F., Zhu, J. & Wang, F., 2024a. CODC-v1: a quality-controlled and bias-corrected ocean temperature profile database from 1940–2023. Scientific Data, 11, 666. doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03494-8.

Zhang, Z., Xie, C., Wang, C., Chen, Y., Hu, H. & Wang, X., 2024b. The Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea Ice-Sea Model (RAISE v1.0): a high-resolution ocean–sea ice–ice shelf coupling model for simulating the dense shelf water and Antarctic Bottom Water in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geoscientific Model Development. doi:10.5194/gmd-2024-128.

2023

Adamczak, S.K., McHuron, E.A., Christiansen, F., Dunkin, R., McMahon, C.R., Noren, S., Pirotta, E., Rosen, D., Sumich, J., Costa, D.P. & Cooke, S., 2023. Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment. Conservation Physiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad035

Allegue, H., Reale, D., Picard, B. & Guinet, C., 2023. Track and dive-based movement metrics do not predict the number of prey encountered by a marine predator. Movement Ecology, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00361-2

Azarian, C., Bopp, L., Pietri, A., Sallée, J.-B. & d’Ovidio, F., 2023. Current and projected patterns of warming and marine heatwaves in the Southern Indian Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103036

Bourreau, L., Pauthenet, E., Le Ster, L., Picard, B., Portela, E., Sallée, J.-B., McMahon, C.R., Harcourt, R., Hindell, M., Guinet, C., Bestley, S., Charrassin, J.-B., DuVivier, A., Sylvester, Z., Krumhardt, K., Jenouvrier, S. & Labrousse, S., 2023. First description of in situ chlorophyll fluorescence signal within East Antarctic coastal polynyas during fall and winter. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1186403

Boyer, T., et al., 2023. Effects of the pandemic on observing the global ocean. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104, E389-E410. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0210.1

Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, X. & Zhou, M., 2023. Interannual variations of heat budget in the lower layer of the eastern Ross Sea shelf and the forcing mechanisms in the Southern Ocean State Estimate. International Journal of Climatology, 43, pp.5055-5076. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8132

Ellis-Soto, D., Wikelski, M. & Jetz, W., 2023. Animal-borne sensors as a biologically informed lens on a changing climate. Nature Climate Change, 13(10), pp.1042-1054. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01781-7

Goetz, K.T., Dinniman, M.S., Hückstädt, L.A., Robinson, P.W., Shero, M.R., Burns, J.M., Hofmann, E.E., Stammerjohn, S.E., Hazen, E.L., Ainley, D.G. & Costa, D.P., 2023. Seasonal habitat preference and foraging behaviour of post-moult Weddell seals in the western Ross Sea. Royal Society Open Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220500

Gülk, B., Roquet, F., Naveira Garabato, A.C., Narayanan, A., Rousset, C. & Madec, G., 2023. Variability and remote controls of the warm-water halo and Taylor Cap at Maud Rise. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019517

Himmich, K., Vancoppenolle, M., Madec, G., Sallée, J.-B., Holland, P.R. & Lebrun, M., 2023. Drivers of Antarctic sea ice advance. Nature Communications, 14, 6219. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41962-8

Holbach, H.M., et al., 2023. Recent advancements in aircraft and in situ observations of tropical cyclones. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(2), pp.81-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.06.001

Jonsen, I.D., Grecian, W.J., Phillips, L.R., Carroll, G., McMahon, C.R., Harcourt, R., Hindell, M.A. & Patterson, T.A., 2023. aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(3), pp.806-816. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14060

Le Ster, L., Claustre, H., d’Ovidio, F., Nerini, D., Picard, B. & Guinet, C., 2023. Improved accuracy and spatial resolution for bio-logging-derived chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1122822

McMahon, C.R., Hindell, M.A., Charrassin, J.-B., Coleman, R., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R., Labrousse, S., Raymond, B., Sumner, M. & Ribeiro, N., 2023. Southern Ocean pinnipeds provide bathymetric insights on the East Antarctic continental shelf. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00928-w

Narayanan, A., Gille, S.T., Mazloff, M.R., du Plessis, M.D., Murali, K. & Roquet, F., 2023. Zonal distribution of Circumpolar Deep Water transformation rates and its relation to heat content on Antarctic shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019310

Ribeiro, N., Herraiz-Borreguero, L., Rintoul, S.R., Williams, G.D., McMahon, C.R., Hindell, M.A. & Guinet, C., 2023. Oceanic regime shift to a warmer continental shelf adjacent to the Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019882

Silvano, A., et al., 2023. Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1221701

Swart, S., du Plessis, M.D., Nicholson, S.A., Monteiro, P.M.S., Dove, L.A., Thomalla, S., Thompson, A.F., Biddle, L.C., Edholm, J.M., Giddy, I., Heywood, K.J., Lee, C., Mahadevan, A., Shilling, G. & de Souza, R.B., 2023. The Southern Ocean mixed layer and its boundary fluxes: fine-scale observational progress and future research priorities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 381, 20220058. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0058

Viola, B., Wienecke, B., Green, C.-P., Corney, S., Raymond, B., Southwell, C., Sumner, M.D., Virtue, P. & Emmerson, L., 2023. Marine distribution and habitat use by snow petrels Pagodroma nivea in East Antarctica throughout the non-breeding period. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1278229

Watanabe, Y.Y. & Papastamatiou, Y.P., 2023. Biologging and biotelemetry: Tools for understanding the lives and environments of marine animals. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 11(1), pp.247-267. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-050322-073657

Xu, Y., Zhang, W. G., Maksym, T., Ji, R., & Li, Y. (2023). Stratification breakdown in Antarctic coastal polynyas. Part I: Influence of physical factors on the destratification time scale. Journal of Physical Oceanography53(9), 2047-2067. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0218.1

Yamazaki, K., Aoki, S. & Mizobata, K., 2023. Diffusion of Circumpolar Deep Water towards Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019422

Yan, L., Wang, Z., Liu, C., Wu, Y., Qin, Q., Sun, C., Qian, J. & Zhang, L., 2023. The salinity budget of the Ross Sea continental shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018979

Zhu, G. & Meng, F., 2023. Characterization of post-breeding movement behaviour of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in the Kerguelen Plateau, Antarctica. Journal of Shanghai Ocean University, 32, pp.181-189. https://doi.org/10.12024/Allegue, H., Guinet, C., Patrick, S.C., Hindell, M.A., McMahon, C.R. & Reale, D., 2022. Sex, body size, and boldness shape the seasonal foraging habitat selection in southern elephant seals. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8457. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8457

2022

Allegue, H., Guinet, C., Patrick, S.C., Hindell, M.A., McMahon, C.R. & Reale, D., 2022. Sex, body size, and boldness shape the seasonal foraging habitat selection in southern elephant seals. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8457. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8457

Aoki, S., Takahashi, T., Yamazaki, K., Hirano, D., Ono, K., Kusahara, K., Tamura, T. & Williams, G.D., 2022. Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation. Communications Earth & Environment, 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00456-z

Arce, F., Hindell, M.A., McMahon, C.R., Wotherspoon, S.J., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R.G. & Bestley, S., 2022. Elephant seal foraging success is enhanced in Antarctic coastal polynyas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1967). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2452

Beltran, R.S., Hindell, M.A. & McMahon, C.R., 2022. The Elephant Seal: Linking Phenotypic Variation with Behavior and Fitness in a Sexually Dimorphic Phocid. In: Costa, D.P. & McHuron, E.A. (eds) Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals. Springer, pp.401-440.

Cheng, L. et al., 2022. Past and future ocean warming. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00345-1

Chua, M., Ho, S.Y.W., McMahon, C.R., Jonsen, I.D. & de Bruyn, M., 2022. Movements of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Davis Base, Antarctica: combining population genetics and tracking data. Polar Biology, 45, pp.1163-1174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03058-9

Dotto, T.S., Heywood, K.J., Hall, R.A. et al., 2022. Ocean variability beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf driven by the Pine Island Bay Gyre strength. Nature Communications, 13, 7840. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35499-5

Gwyther, D.E., Galton-Fenzi, B.K. & Naughten, K.A., 2022. The Whole Antarctic Ocean Model (WAOM v1.0): development and evaluation. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, pp.617-647. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-617-2022

Herraiz-Borreguero, L. & Naveira Garabato, A.C., 2022. Poleward shift of Circumpolar Deep Water threatens the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature Climate Change, 12, pp.728-734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01424-3

Hindell, M.A., McMahon, C.R., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R., Jonsen, I.D., Raymond, B. & Maschette, D., 2022. Assessing the potential for resource competition between the Kerguelen Plateau fisheries and southern elephant seals. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1006120

Holland, K., Meyer, C., Potemra, J. & Holland, M., 2022. Ocean depth–temperature profiles for operational oceanography from a shark-borne transmitter. Animal Biotelemetry, 10, 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00306-x

Holser, R.R., Keates, T.R., Costa, D.P. & Edwards, C.A., 2022. Extent and magnitude of subsurface anomalies during the Northeast Pacific Blob as measured by animal-borne sensors. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018356

Keates, T.R., Hazen, E.L., Holser, R.R., Fiechter, J., Bograd, S.J., Robinson, P.W., Gallo-Reynoso, J. & Costa, D.P., 2022. Foraging behavior of a mesopelagic predator, the northern elephant seal, in northeastern Pacific eddies. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103866

Lavender, E., Aleynik, D., Dodd, J., Illian, J., James, M., Smout, S. & Thorburn, J., 2022. Benthic animal-borne sensors and citizen science combine to validate ocean modelling. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20254-z

Liu, C., Wang, Z., Liang, X., Li, X., Li, X., Cheng, C. & Qi, D., 2022. Topography-mediated transport of warm deep water across the continental shelf slope, East Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-22-0023.1

McHuron, E.A. et al., 2022. Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics. Conservation Physiology, 10, coac055. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coac055

McMahon, C.R. & Roquet, F., 2022. Animal-borne ocean sensors: A decadal vision through new eyes. Marine Technology Society Journal, 56(3), pp.36-38. https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.2

Portela, E., Rintoul, S.R., Herraiz‐Borreguero, L., Roquet, F., Bestley, S., van Wijk, E., Tamura, T., McMahon, C.R., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R. & Hindell, M.A., 2022. Controls on dense shelf water formation in four East Antarctic polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018804

Qin, Q., Wang, Z., Liu, C. & Cheng, C., 2022. Open-ocean polynyas in the Cooperation Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, pp.1363-1381. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0197.1

Ramadhan, A., Marshall, J., Meneghello, G., Illari, L. & Speer, K., 2022. Observations of upwelling and downwelling around Antarctica mediated by sea ice. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.864808

Sun, C., Liu, C., Wang, Z., Yan, L., Tao, Y., Qin, Q. & Qian, J., 2022. On the influences of the continental shelf bathymetry correction in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.957414

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A southern elephant seal carries a CTD tag. Photo by I. Field.