Vagrant leopard seal at Tristan da Cunha Island, South Atlantic

Vagrant leopard seal at Tristan da Cunha Island, South Atlantic

Leopard seals Hydrurga leptonyx breed in the Antarctic pack ice, but individuals may wander farther north. Only two records exist from Gough Island (40°S, 10°W) situated 360 km to the SW of Tristan da Cunha Island, in the central South Atlantic Ocean. We report the first record from Tristan da Cunha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Polar biology 2017-09, Vol.40 (9), p.1903-1905
Hauptverfasser: Bester, M. N., Bester, W. A., Wege, M., Schofield, R. A., Glass, T. A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aquatic mammals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Breeding
Ecology
Hydrurga leptonyx
Ice
Life Sciences
Marine crustaceans
Microbiology
New records
Oceanography
Pack ice
Plant Sciences
Seals
Short Note
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:Leopard seals Hydrurga leptonyx breed in the Antarctic pack ice, but individuals may wander farther north. Only two records exist from Gough Island (40°S, 10°W) situated 360 km to the SW of Tristan da Cunha Island, in the central South Atlantic Ocean. We report the first record from Tristan da Cunha (37°S, 12°W) in September 2016. The juvenile male was lean, in poor condition, and had minor injuries. Its hindquarters were covered in stalked barnacles, which suggest that it had spent a long period at sea.
ISSN:0722-4060
1432-2056
DOI:10.1007/s00300-017-2073-8