Factors affecting the growth rate and mass at weaning of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Lunn, N. J., Boyd, I. L., Barton, T., Croxall, J. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517882/; https://doi.org/10.2307/1382429

We studied the influence of sex of pup, maternal age, birth date of pup, number of foraging trips, and the mean duration of foraging trips at sea and nursing visits ashore on the growth and mass at weaning of pups of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) during austral summers of 1988-1990. Al...