Table 1. Morphometric, tag deployment and tracking details for 12 weaned southern elephant seals from Macquarie Island, including the number of days (mean±SD) spent in transit and Area Restricted Search (ARS) by seals.
| Seal IDNo. | Sex | WeaningMass (Kg) | DeploymentMass (Kg) | Transit duration(days) | ARS duration(days) | Total duration(days) |
| 1995/1996 | ||||||
| J226 | F | 78.0 | 62.0 | 47.0 | 70.0 | 126.0 |
| J263 | M | 143.0 | 107.0 | 45.0 | 86.0 | 149.0 |
| J373 | F | 92.0 | 73.0 | 56.0 | 66.0 | 130.0 |
| J375 | F | 89.0 | 68.0 | 12.0 | 62.0 | 146.0 |
| J492 | F | 88.0 | 62.0 | 50.0 | 72.0 | 148.0 |
| J503 | M | 92.0 | 66.0 | 46.0 | 81.0 | 137.0 |
| Mean | 97.0±23.1 | 73.0±17.2 | 42.7±15.5 | 72.8±9.0 | 139.3±9.8 | |
| 1999/2000 | ||||||
| T719 | F | 195.0 | 123.0 | 42.0 | 108.0 | 178.0 |
| T825 | F | 104.0 | 96.0 | 57.0 | 105.0 | 182.0 |
| T839 | F | 101.0 | 71.0 | 56.0 | 79.0 | 139.0 |
| T867 | F | 90.0 | 62.0 | 50.0 | 95.0 | 179.0 |
| T875 | F | 85.0 | 60.0 | 76.0 | 62.0 | 155.0 |
| T887 | F | 93.0 | 70.0 | 63.0 | 94.0 | 169.0 |
| Mean | 111.3±41.6 | 80.3±24.5 | 57.3±11.6 | 90.5±17.3 | 167.0±16.9 | |
| Overall mean | 104.2±32.9 | 76.7±20.5 | 50.0±15.1 | 81.7±16.1 | 153.2±19.5 |