Time budgets and at-sea behaviour of lactating female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Bouvetøya

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Biuw, Martin, Krafft, Bjørn A., Hofmeyr, G.J. Greg, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2009
• Subjects: seal; sel; behavioral studies; atferdsstudier; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; Antarctic; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Bouvetøya; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Krill; Arctocephalus gazella; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109037; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08025

We present the first data on attendance patterns, at-sea movements and diving behaviour of Antarctic fur seals breeding at Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island), Southern Ocean. While other colonies have been extensively studied, this remote and second largest global population remains relatively unknown. Time...