Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) annual migration and temporal patterns of on-shore occurrence of leucistic individuals on King George Island

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Grebieniow, Anna, Korczak-Abshire, Małgorzata, Gasek, Anna, Górecka-Bruzda, Aleksandra
• Other Authors: Narodowe Centrum Nauki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; King George Island; Lions Rump; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02694-3; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-020-02694-3.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-020-02694-3/fulltext.html

Abstract Non-invasive tracking the on-shore occurrence of the atypically pigmented animals and determination of land residency duration of leucistic seals would help us find out more about the rotation of the migrating population. During seven austral summer seasons (2011–2018), by counting the anim...