Antarctic fur seal
Intrinsic and extrinsic forcing in life histories: patterns of growth and stable isotopes in male Antarctic fur seal teeth
... of fur seals if fur seals are feed- ing more exclusively on krill swarms than in previous ...of Antarctic fur ...of Antarctic fur seal stomach con- tents (Bonner 1968), ...
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Changing climate and the winter foraging ecology of Antarctic fur seal populations
... the Antarctic Peninsula, will be critical for fast energy ...some Antarctic fur seal females are known to utilise sea-ice habitats during winter (Mary-Anne Lea, unpublished data), they are not ...
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RAD sequencing and a hybrid Antarctic fur seal genome assembly reveal rapidly decaying linkage disequilibrium, global population structure and evidence for inbreeding
... existing Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) genome assembly and genotyped 83 individuals from six populations using restriction site associated DNA (RAD) ...the fur seal and dog ...
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Foraging energetics and diving behavior of lactating New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri
... (Antarctic fur seal) versus benthic foragers with a more evenly distributed (less patchy) prey resource (New Zealand sea ...and Antarctic fur seals indicate that, overall, they have ...
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Recovery of the fur seal population at Macquarie Island
... Few fur seals were recorded at Macquarie Island in the period 1820 to I ...subantarctic fur seal and the antarctic fur seal are breeding on North Head peninsula, but that the New ...
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Acoustic and ecological investigations into predator prey interactions between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and seal and bird predators
... Thirty four species of air-breathing predators were recorded during the three surveys at South Georgia, contributing to a total predator count of n=50,823. Of these, there were 16 species for which the total number of ...
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The metabolic characteristics of the locomotory muscles of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)
... (Weddell seal cardiac muscle LDH, 1032 m mol substrate min 21 g 21 , Murphy et ...harbour seal skeletal muscle LDH, 1379 m mol substrate min 21 g 21 , Castellini, ...and Antarctic fur ...
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The ontogeny of metabolic rate and thermoregulatory capabilities of northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, pups in air and water
... Northern fur seal pups store increasing amounts of blubber prior to the transition to an aquatic existence and nutritional ...four Antarctic fur seal pups 1–36 days ...northern ...
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The comparative energetics and growth strategies of sympatric Antarctic and subantarctic fur seal pups at Îles Crozet
... subantarctic fur seals at their sympatric sites in order to understand the mechanisms driving the divergent strategies and their impacts (Goldsworthy, 1999; Goldsworthy and Crowley, 1999; Goldsworthy et ...of ...
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Preferred, small scale foraging areas of two Southern Ocean fur seal species are not determined by habitat characteristics
... Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) colonies and a single Antarctic fur seal ...and Antarctic fur seals, collected during summer and winter (2009–2015), from ...
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Brucella antibody seroprevalence in Antarctic seals (Arctocephalus gazella, Leptonychotes weddellii and Mirounga leonina)
... The Antarctic continent is one of the most remote areas of the world and contains up to 50% or more of the world’s pinnipeds, with 6 different species: crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus, Antarctic ...
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Linking northern fur seal behavior with prey distributions: the impact of temporal mismatch between predator studies and prey surveys
... between fur seal behav- ior and prey abundance in each survey grid utilized by fur ...each fur seal, we calculated hours per grid area, average transit rate, dives per hour in grid, ...
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The foraging activity and provisioning strategies of Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in oceanographic conditions at the Kerguelen Archipelago
... Parameters such as foraging efficiency over a foraging cycle and variability in mean provisioning rates trip duration, were identified as proxies of prey availability within the foraging[r] ...
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Seals, salmon farms and politics : the institutional culture of seal relocation and other measures to counter seal fish farm interactions in South eastern Tasmania
... Protocol for the negative conditioning of Seals using non-lethal seal control devices— DEER THUMPER "BEANBAGS" Polig Context Australian and New Zealand Fur Seals are Protected Wildlife a[r] ...
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Myth and Momentum: A Critique of Environmental Impact Assessments
... To demonstrate some of the results of these issues, we offer the following examples: 1 The Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statem[r] ...
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How does a fur seal mother recognize the voice of her pup? An experimental study of Arctocephalus tropicalis
... subantarctic fur seal females to discriminate their pup among others, we played back to mothers a series of four natural ‘female attraction calls’ from their own pup and a series of four calls from an alien ...
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Skin temperatures during free ranging swimming and diving in antarctic fur seals
... of fur seals, the prolonged immersion in sea water and the difficulties with making sensors sufficiently rugged to withstand the physically demanding environment of a seal colony, it was not possible to use ...
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Stomach anatomy of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, 1828) and the long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas Traill, 1809) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Anatomy at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... The objectives of this study were to describe the macroscopic and microscopic stomach anatomy of the New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, 1828 and the longfinned pilot wha[r] ...
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Australian Antarctic scientists : consciousness and behaviour
... The study sample was the Australian Antarctic scientific community, whose research findings contribute towards both national and international environmental policy and management. Research methodology included ...
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Biology and conservation of the Cape (South African) fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Pinnipedia: Otariidae) from the Eastern Cape Coast of South Africa
... Chapter 7: Differences in body size and skull morphology (n = 31 variables) of male and female Cape fur seals were investigated. Males were found to be significantly larger than females in SBL. Principal component ...
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