Long distance breeding dispersal of a southern elephant seal

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Natal dispersal; Gene flow; Emigration; Animal movement; Mirounga leonina; Southern elephant seal > Dispersal > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Home range (Animal geography) > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Southern elephant seal > Breeding > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Southern elephant seal > Food > Tristan da Cunha > Gough Island; Gough; Indian; Tristan; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Marion Island; Polar Biology; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16366; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0830-z

Southern elephant seals range extensively during regular foraging excursions. Despite this they are highly philopatric and long range dispersal is rare. At Gough Island, southern Atlantic Ocean, we observed a breeding adult male elephant seal during September 2009 which had been tagged on its natal...