Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Lea, MA, Johnson, D, Ream, R, Sterling, J, Melin, S, Gelatt, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Behavioural Ecology; Arctic; Bering Sea; Miguel Islands; San Miguel; Aleutian Islands; Callorhinus ursinus; Northern fur seal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0643; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147444; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/56314

Since 1975, northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) numbers at the Pribilof Islands (PI) in the Bering Sea have declined rapidly for unknown reasons. Migratory dispersal and habitat choice may affect first-year survivorship, thereby contributing to this decline. We compared migratory behaviour of 16...