Influences of habitat features and human disturbance on use of breeding sites by a declining population of southern fur seals ( Arctocephalus australis)

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Stevens, Monica A., Boness, Daryl J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Guano; Southern Fur Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0952836903003583; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1017%2FS0952836903003583; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/S0952836903003583; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/S0952836903003583

Southern fur seals Arctocephalus australis in Peru have declined gradually over the past decade, and declined dramatically (72%) as a result of low food availability during the severe El Niño in 1997–98. In 1999, seals abandoned some historically important breeding sites. This is particularly alarmi...