Eder, Elena Beatriz http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8207-0322
Leonardi, María Soledad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-7031
Soto, Florencia Anabella http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-9327
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (PICT 2018-0537)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2022
Revised: 6 February 2023
Accepted: 22 February 2023
First Online: 11 March 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest or competing interests.
: The immobilization and sampling of southern elephant seals within the Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés were approved by the Subsecretaría de Conservación y Áreas Protegidas, Ministerio de Turismo and the Dirección de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Chubut Province (Argentina). The research procedures were reviewed and approved by the Dirección de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Chubut Province (Argentina). Field work and laboratory analysis received founding support from the Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (PICT 2018-0537), and the Lerner-Grey Fund for Marine Research.