Weddell
Seal Population Dynamics
in
Erebus Bay, Antarctica Interactions
of Environmental Variability, Life History Traits,
and Demography in an Apex Antarctic Predator
Outreach
Videos from the Project
Weddell Seal Science Web Portal
- The portal provides access to project information and multimedia, as
well as a video blog documenting the 2010 field season through short
videos describing Weddell seal biology, our studies on Weddell seals,
our study location, and our field work. The work presented here
was produced by video journalist and education video producer Mary Lynn Price, who lived and
worked with our team for much of the 2010 field season.
Weddell Seal Science Video
Podcasts at iTunes featuring short videos about Weddell seals, some
of the project's research, and our field work. These video
podcasts can be viewed on computers, mobile devices, and some TVs.
A
video created by video journalist Mary Lynn Price
that's
hosted on NSF's Science360
Knowledge Network that describes new work investigating whether Weddell seal
pups that spend more time in the water learning to swim with their
mothers have a higher probability of surviving to return and have pups
of their own.
Weddell seal
science YouTube channel - This site presents short videos about
studying Weddell seal population dynamics in Erebus Bay, Antarctica.
Videos provide overviews of the species and our research, the
study location, the students involved in the work, and data collection.
Studying
Antarctic Seals - a video on the Teacher’s
Domain web site
that features our project. This was created by video journalist Mary Lynn Price and
is part of a larger teacher’s resource pool that was produced by WGBH public
television out of Boston as part of a collection funded by
the National Science Foundation. Women Working in
Antarctica is a website produced by video journalist Mary Lynn Price to
present short video portraits of some of the many women working in
Antarctica. The videos were created during the 2008 Austral
Spring and Summer Seasons. One of the
portraits is of Jen Mannas, who is a Master's student working with
us and whose thesis project focuses on body mass dynamics in Weddell
Seals. As well as providing good information on Jen's graduate
work, the video also provides great footage of the seals and the area
where we study them. The interview with Jen is also available as
an iTunes podcast as one of iTune's Featured Educational Technology
Podcasts. Jen's interview is featured in Episode
1. POLAR-PALOOZA
is a multimedia initiative - supported by both NSF and NASA - involving
researchers, Alaskan natives, in-person presentations at science
centers and natural history museums, video and audio podcasts, and
more. In 2007, a film crew visited our project and produced a podcast
with excellent footage of the seals and the area in which they live.
