Temporal changes in the quality of hot-iron brands on elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups

• Published in: Wildlife Research
• Main Authors: Van Den Hoff, J., Sumner, M., Field, I., Bradshaw, C., Burton, H., McMahon, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: C S I R O Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Bradshaw; Burton; Corey; McMahon; Sumner; Elephant Seal; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/48217; https://doi.org/10.1071/WR03101

© CSIRO 2004 Hot-iron brands were used to mark permanently 14 000 six-week-old southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina L.) pups at Macquarie Island between 1993 and 2000. We assessed temporal changes in the quality of 4932 brands applied in 1998 and 1999 to determine the duration of the brand wound...