A review of leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) births and pups using a standardised age-class classification system

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: van der Linde, Krista, Visser, Ingrid N., Bout, Rick, Krause, Douglas J., Forcada, Jaume, Siniff, Donald, Stone, Sheridan, Fyfe, Jim, Fernández-Ferrada, Nicolás, Macallan, Kathryne, Savenko, Oksana, Cooper, Tracy E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; New Zealand; Hydrurga; Terra Firma; Antarc*; Antarctica; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532839/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532839/1/VanDerLinde2022_Article_AReviewOfLeopardSealHydrurgaLe.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-022-03053-0

Despite the ecological importance of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) as apex marine predators, little is known about their reproductive biology. To address this paucity, we reviewed leopard seal birth and pup records and applied a standardised age-class classification system to differentiate betwe...