Genetic variation and population structure of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina from Marion Island

• Main Author: Chauke, Lucas Floid
• Other Authors: Bastos, Armanda D.S., Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Pretoria 2013
• Subjects: Mirounga leonina; Southern elephant seals (SES); Mirounga angustirostris; UCTD; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; Argentina; Elephant Island; Lion Island; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Marion Island; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25453; http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06112009-144246/

The southern elephant seal (SES), Mirounga leonina, was intensively harvested during the 18th and 19th centuries, though never reduced to the levels seen for the northern species (Mirounga angustirostris). Although a number of putative populations occurring within the species’ circumpolar distributi...