Linking oceanographic conditions to foraging behaviour of southern elephant seals by characterising mid-trophic levels with an animal-borne echosounder.

Marius Molinet1, Nadege Fonvieille1, Baptiste Picard2, Didier Goulet-Tran2, Ziad Sari El Dine2, Roy El Hourany3, David Nerini1 and Christophe Guinet2, (1)Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France, (2)Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 Université de la Rochelle-CNRS, Villiers en Bois, France, (3)Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, LOG, Wimereux, France