Vagrant Antarctic fur seals at the Tristan da Cunha Islands

Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella mainly breed at islands south of the Antarctic Polar Front, but stragglers occasionally occur farther north, with records from Gough Island (40 S, 10 W) in the central South Atlantic Ocean in October/November 2005 and September/ October 2009. We report the f...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Ryan, Peter G., Bester, W.A., Glass, T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2014
Subjects:
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
Tristan da Cunha Islands
Subantarctic fur seals
Southern Ocean
Arctocephalus gazella
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Tristan
Gough
Antarc*
Antarctic Fur Seal
Antarctic Fur Seals
Polar Biology
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49143
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1549-z
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Summary:Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella mainly breed at islands south of the Antarctic Polar Front, but stragglers occasionally occur farther north, with records from Gough Island (40 S, 10 W) in the central South Atlantic Ocean in October/November 2005 and September/ October 2009. We report the first record from Tristan da Cunha (37 S, 12 W) in September 2013, and another individual that was observed at Gough Island. Both individuals were lean, lethargic subadult males that were present before the onset of the breeding (pupping) season of the resident populations of subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis. http://link.springer.com/journal/300 2015-11-30 hb2015

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