WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES

ABSTRACTRecords of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) as vagrants along the SE Brazilian coast date back the late 50’s and have been relatively common over the last decades. These large marine mammals usually call much attention when they arrive on tropical beaches worldwide and are generall...

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Published in:Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia
Main Authors: Siciliano, Salvatore, Baldassin, Paula, Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann, Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P., Moreira, Sérgio C., Vieira, Tatiane B., Ribeiro, Ivan A., Buffa, Renata F., Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de
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Published: Universidade Federal do Maranhão 2020
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spelling ftunifmaranhoojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/13577 2023-05-15T16:05:22+02:00 WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES Siciliano, Salvatore Baldassin, Paula Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P. Moreira, Sérgio C. Vieira, Tatiane B. Ribeiro, Ivan A. Buffa, Renata F. Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de 2020-07-22 application/pdf http://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/blabohidro/article/view/13577 https://doi.org/10.18764/1981-6421e2020.12 eng eng Universidade Federal do Maranhão http://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/blabohidro/article/view/13577/7724 http://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/blabohidro/article/view/13577 doi:10.18764/1981-6421e2020.12 Copyright (c) 2020 Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia; v. 30 n. 2 (2020) 1981-6421 0102-4337 Mirounga leonina Erratic movements Vagrant South Atlantic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunifmaranhoojs https://doi.org/10.18764/1981-6421e2020.12 2023-04-10T05:34:28Z ABSTRACTRecords of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) as vagrants along the SE Brazilian coast date back the late 50’s and have been relatively common over the last decades. These large marine mammals usually call much attention when they arrive on tropical beaches worldwide and are generally treated as ‘occasional visitors’ and ‘vagrants’. This note reports on sightings of a youngelephant seal along SE Brazil in the summer and autumn of 2020. We also reviewed records in both the literature and open sources, totaling eight records of infant southern elephant seals known since the late 70’s along the Brazilian coast. It was noted that the arrival of an infant in February of 2020is coincident with a previous cyclonic activity off the SE and NE Brazilian coast. The connection of such unlikely records of pinnipeds on tropical beaches and extreme weather events associated to ocean currents should be better evaluated in the context of climatic change RESUMOÉ reportada uma ocorrência recente de um infante de elefante-marinho (Mirounga leonina) na costa do estado do Rio de Janeiro com um intervalo aproximado de um mês entre as avistagens do mesmo indivíduo. A comparação das fotografias obtidas em ambos os registros permitiu a comparação e confirmação. Em adição, se discute a presença de infantes na costa brasileira, que totalizam oito casos, mas que não apontam uma sazonalidade marcada, mas uma tendência aos registros serem reportados em junho, seguido por outubro e novembro. Como o presente registro se deu em janeiro, pico do verão, fatores climáticos de larga escala podem estar atuando para deslocar alguns indivíduos muito ao longe das suas colônias.Palavras-chave: Mirounga leonina; Movimentos; Vagante; Atlântico Sul. Article in Journal/Newspaper Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA): Portal de Periódicos Elefante ENVELOPE(-55.167,-55.167,-61.167,-61.167) Larga ENVELOPE(-60.767,-60.767,-62.467,-62.467) Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia 30 2
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topic Mirounga leonina
Erratic movements
Vagrant
South Atlantic
spellingShingle Mirounga leonina
Erratic movements
Vagrant
South Atlantic
Siciliano, Salvatore
Baldassin, Paula
Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann
Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P.
Moreira, Sérgio C.
Vieira, Tatiane B.
Ribeiro, Ivan A.
Buffa, Renata F.
Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de
WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
topic_facet Mirounga leonina
Erratic movements
Vagrant
South Atlantic
description ABSTRACTRecords of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) as vagrants along the SE Brazilian coast date back the late 50’s and have been relatively common over the last decades. These large marine mammals usually call much attention when they arrive on tropical beaches worldwide and are generally treated as ‘occasional visitors’ and ‘vagrants’. This note reports on sightings of a youngelephant seal along SE Brazil in the summer and autumn of 2020. We also reviewed records in both the literature and open sources, totaling eight records of infant southern elephant seals known since the late 70’s along the Brazilian coast. It was noted that the arrival of an infant in February of 2020is coincident with a previous cyclonic activity off the SE and NE Brazilian coast. The connection of such unlikely records of pinnipeds on tropical beaches and extreme weather events associated to ocean currents should be better evaluated in the context of climatic change RESUMOÉ reportada uma ocorrência recente de um infante de elefante-marinho (Mirounga leonina) na costa do estado do Rio de Janeiro com um intervalo aproximado de um mês entre as avistagens do mesmo indivíduo. A comparação das fotografias obtidas em ambos os registros permitiu a comparação e confirmação. Em adição, se discute a presença de infantes na costa brasileira, que totalizam oito casos, mas que não apontam uma sazonalidade marcada, mas uma tendência aos registros serem reportados em junho, seguido por outubro e novembro. Como o presente registro se deu em janeiro, pico do verão, fatores climáticos de larga escala podem estar atuando para deslocar alguns indivíduos muito ao longe das suas colônias.Palavras-chave: Mirounga leonina; Movimentos; Vagante; Atlântico Sul.
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author Siciliano, Salvatore
Baldassin, Paula
Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann
Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P.
Moreira, Sérgio C.
Vieira, Tatiane B.
Ribeiro, Ivan A.
Buffa, Renata F.
Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de
author_facet Siciliano, Salvatore
Baldassin, Paula
Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann
Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P.
Moreira, Sérgio C.
Vieira, Tatiane B.
Ribeiro, Ivan A.
Buffa, Renata F.
Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de
author_sort Siciliano, Salvatore
title WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
title_short WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
title_full WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
title_fullStr WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
title_full_unstemmed WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES
title_sort wrong way home: an infant southern elephant seal (mirounga leonina) arrival on southeastern brazilian beaches
publisher Universidade Federal do Maranhão
publishDate 2020
url http://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/blabohidro/article/view/13577
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