Sex-specific and latitudinal variance in postnatal growth of the Subantarctic fur seal ( Arctocephalus tropicalis )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Bester, Marthán N., Jaarsveld, Albert S. Van
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Gough; Amsterdam Island; Antarc*; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z94-150; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z94-150

Parameter estimates reflecting age-specific growth of Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) on Gough Island were fitted to three sigmoidal (Gompertz, logistic, and von Bertalanffy) growth curves. With a few exceptions, the logistic fit provided the best mathematical approximation of post...