Movements of a juvenile southern sea lion in La Plata River estuary (Argentina-Uruguay)

RODRÍGUEZ, D; BASTIDA, R; CALKINS, D; DAVIS, RW

Sea Lions of the World

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Lugar: Fairbanks, EEUU; Año: 2006; p. 285 - 292

A southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens) juvenile male (50 kg) was instrumented with a location-only satellite telemeter and released in December 2003 in the southern margin of the La Plata River estuary (Argentina-Uruguay). The animal was tracked for 28 days, with an average of 3.7 (SD 1.76; range 1-8) daily locations. The total distance traveled was 1,383 km, at a mean transit speed of 0.9 ± 0.55 m s?1. The sea lion spent 90% of the time at sea in characteristic shallow areas (