Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island
Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1999. Demographic parameters from a 14-year mark-recapture program on southern elephant seals at Marion Island were investigated. Using the computer package MARK, first year survival was estimated at 0.58 and 0.62, and equated over the first thre...
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ftunivpretoria:oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83284 2023-08-27T04:09:15+02:00 Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt Pistorius, Pierre Anton 19/8/2021 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83284 en eng University of Pretoria * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83284 © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. UCTD Survival southern elephant seal mirounga leonina population Marion Island Dissertation 2021 ftunivpretoria 2023-08-08T00:27:38Z Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1999. Demographic parameters from a 14-year mark-recapture program on southern elephant seals at Marion Island were investigated. Using the computer package MARK, first year survival was estimated at 0.58 and 0.62, and equated over the first three years of life, 0.69 and 0.74 for males and females respectively. From years four to nine the average survival rate was 0.66 and 0. 75 for males and females respectively. Considerable reductions in fourth- and fifth-year male survival, and fourth year female survival were observed over the study. period. Poor adult survival is implied as the proximate cause, and food limitation as deduced from the _decline in survival of seals with high energetic demands, as the ultimate cause behind the population decline. Fecundity was 0.25 for three-year-olds, 0.42 for four-year-olds, and 0.44 for five-year-olds, with a significant increase in these rates being evident over the course of the study. A conversion factor of3.15 was estimated and applied to annual pup production in order to assess population size. The present population size was estimated at 1263 individuals, and the population declined exponentially at an annual rate of 4.3% from 1986 to 1997, which slowed to 2.5% per annum over the last six years. Zoology and Entomology MSc (Zoology) Unrestricted Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Marion Island Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals University of Pretoria: UPSpace |
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Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 1999. Demographic parameters from a 14-year mark-recapture program on southern elephant seals at Marion Island were investigated. Using the computer package MARK, first year survival was estimated at 0.58 and 0.62, and equated over the first three years of life, 0.69 and 0.74 for males and females respectively. From years four to nine the average survival rate was 0.66 and 0. 75 for males and females respectively. Considerable reductions in fourth- and fifth-year male survival, and fourth year female survival were observed over the study. period. Poor adult survival is implied as the proximate cause, and food limitation as deduced from the _decline in survival of seals with high energetic demands, as the ultimate cause behind the population decline. Fecundity was 0.25 for three-year-olds, 0.42 for four-year-olds, and 0.44 for five-year-olds, with a significant increase in these rates being evident over the course of the study. A conversion factor of3.15 was estimated and applied to annual pup production in order to assess population size. The present population size was estimated at 1263 individuals, and the population declined exponentially at an annual rate of 4.3% from 1986 to 1997, which slowed to 2.5% per annum over the last six years. Zoology and Entomology MSc (Zoology) Unrestricted |
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Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt Pistorius, Pierre Anton |
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Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island |
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Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island |
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Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island |
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Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island |
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Survival of the southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina, population of Marion Island |
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Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Marion Island Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals |
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Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Marion Island Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seals |
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