Long distance breeding dispersal of a southern elephant seal

Southern elephant seals range extensively during regular foraging excursions. Despite this they are highly philopatric and long range dispersal is rare. At Gough Island, southern Atlantic Ocean, we observed a breeding adult male elephant seal during September 2009, which had been tagged on its natal...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Reisinger, Ryan R., Bester, Marthán N.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/469010/