Juvenile survival and recruitment in a population of Weddell seals ( Leptonychotes weddellii ) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Testa, J. Ward
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; McMurdo Sound; Weddell; Erebus Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-453; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-453

Survival and recruitment of Weddell seal pups were studied in eastern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Pups were marked and their apparent survival estimated by mark–recapture methods. The resulting estimates were used together with published estimates of adult survival, yearly sighting probabilities, and...