Increase of sub-Antarctic fur seals at the Tristan da Cunha Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Wege, Mia, Glass, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: Pup counts; Tristan da Cunha islands; Population increase; Sub-Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis); Antarctic; Tristan; Gough; The Beaches; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68327; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2406-2

Sub-Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis, pups were counted on some of the beaches on all four Tristan da Cunha (TdC) islands, in January 2017, to determine the status of the population, in the face of climate change that is magnified in polar regions. Compared to counts done 40 years earlie...