Vagrant Antarctic fur seals at Gough Island in 2009

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella); Subantarctic fur seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Southern fur seals > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Animal population density > South Atlantic Ocean; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Tristan; Gough; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean; Southern Fur Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13728; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0749-4

The Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Gough Island (40°20 S, 09°54 W) in the South Atlantic Ocean, first seen in October/November 2005, was recorded again in September–October 2009. Up to three different individual Antarctic fur seals were sighted on a single day, on a particular beach. A...