Population Growth of Antarctic Fur Seals: Limitation by a Top Predator, The Leopard Seal?

• Main Authors: Boveng, Peter L., Hiruki, Lisa M., Schwartz, Michael K., Bengtson, John L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1998
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; Elephant Island; Hydrurga; North Cove; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals; Seal Island
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/153; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usdeptcommercepub/article/1143/viewcontent/Boveng_ECOLOGY_1998_Population_growth.pdf

Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the South Shetland Islands are recovering from 19th-century exploitation more slowly than the main population at South Georgia. To document demographic changes associated with the recovery in the South Shetlands, we monitored fur seal abundance and repr...