2 Departamento de Anatomía Comparada, Facultad de Cs. Naturales

ABSTRACT: A population survey of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758) was conducted at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during the 2001 breeding season. Two breeding sites were identified, one of which had not been previously re− ported. The largest breeding si...

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Main Authors: Ro R. Carlini, Sebastián Poljak, Ricardo Casaux, Gustavo Adolfo Daneri, Miguel Gasco
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Key words
Antarctic
South Shetland Islands
southern elephant seal
Mirounga leonina
Duthoit
Duthoit Point
Harmony Point
Nelson Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Elephant Seal
Elephant Seals
Southern Elephant Seal
Southern Elephant Seals
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.533.5143
http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr24/ppr24-143.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT: A population survey of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758) was conducted at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during the 2001 breeding season. Two breeding sites were identified, one of which had not been previously re− ported. The largest breeding site was located at Duthoit Point, with a total of 128 females, 111 pups and 7 weanlings distributed in 6 harems along 3 km of coast. The new breeding group was observed at Harmony Point, where 3 females with their pups were found. This is the first re− port on southern elephant seal numbers during the breeding period for the Nelson Island coast.

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