Long-term variability in the abundance of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Signy Island, South Orkneys

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Waluda, Claire M., Gregory, Susan, Dunn, Michael J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Signy Island; Laurie; Factory Cove; Laurie Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10722/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/ap7q8j37m3553310/fulltext.pdf

The number of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella hauled out at Signy Island in the South Orkneys was monitored annually between 1977 and 2008. Over the study period seal abundance showed a tenfold increase, from a minimum of 1,643 seals in 1978 to a maximum of 21,303 in 1994. The majority of...