Goose barnacles on seals and a penguin at Gough Island

• Main Authors: Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zoological Society of Southern Africa 2010
• Subjects: Goose barnacle; Lepas australis; Subantarctic fur seals; Rockhopper penguin; Elephant seals > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Penguins > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Antarctic; Tristan; Gough; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14281

During a survey of seals in September and October 2009 at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean, we recorded goose barnacles (Lepas australis) attached to the pelage of two of the 12 elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) inspected and one of the seven vagrant Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) whi...