The present status of the Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella at South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Aguayo L., Anelio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1978
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Payne; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; British Antarctic Survey; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000190x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740000190X

The purpose of this paper is to report on the present status of the small but growing population of the Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella in the South Shetland Islands (Fig 1). The previous history of the sealing of this species is well documented by O'Gorman (1961, 1963), Bonner and Laws (1964) and Bonner (1964,1968). The current status of this and other species of fur seals, and the species of sea lions and true seals in the Southern Hemisphere, has been summarized by Laws (1973a). Bonner (1968) has made natural history and population studies on Antarctic Fur Seals in South Georgia, and present research here is being carried out by Dr M. R. Payne and two other colleagues of the British Antarctic Survey (Laws, 1973b).