Vagrant sub-Antarctic fur seal at tropical Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Arctocephalus tropicalis; Ascension islands; South Atlantic Ocean; Geographic distribution; Sightings; Vagrants; Sub-Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis); Antarctic; Ascension Islands; Gough; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84356; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02800-z

Knowledge of extra-limital movements of seals improves our understanding of species’ dispersal and dispersion abilities and patterns, and perhaps environmental changes. Canvassing and internet literature searches revealed the sighting of a vagrant adult male sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus trop...